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weiteressen

German, verb

weiteressen is spelled W-E-I-T-E-R-E-S-S-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written German, the 423,336th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weiteressen is a German verb meaning “to continue eating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Weiteressen is a different word: “gerund of weiteressen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(nach einer Unterbrechung) fortfahren, Nahrung zu sich zu nehmen”.

What does weiteressen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to continue eating

noun

as Weiteressen
  1. 1

    neutergerund of weiteressen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. (nach einer Unterbrechung) fortfahren, Nahrung zu sich zu nehmen

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of weiteressen

  • isst weiter present singular third-person
  • aß weiter past
  • weitergegessen participle past
  • äße weiter past subjunctive
  • haben auxiliary
  • 5 strong
  • weiteressend participle present
  • weiterzuessen infinitive infinitive-zu
  • esse weiter first-person indicative present
  • essen weiter first-person indicative plural
  • esst weiter indicative plural present
  • essest weiter second-person singular subjunctive
  • esset weiter plural second-person subjunctive
  • aßen weiter first-person indicative plural
  • äßen weiter first-person formal plural
  • aßest weiter indicative preterite second-person
  • aßt weiter indicative preterite second-person
  • äßest weiter formal rare second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is weiteressen in German?

weiteressen appears about once in every 49 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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