wetteifern
German, verb
wetteifern is spelled W-E-T-T-E-I-F-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 61,377th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wetteifern is a German verb meaning “to vie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wetteifern is a different word: “gerund of wetteifern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit jemandem konkurrieren und versuchen, ihn zu übertreffen”.
What does wetteifern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to vie
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wetteifern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit jemandem konkurrieren und versuchen, ihn zu übertreffen
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 wetteifern
- wetteifert present singular third-person
- wetteiferte past
- gewetteifert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- wetteifernd participle present
- wetteifre first-person indicative present
- wetteifere first-person indicative present
- wetteifer first-person indicative present
- wetteiferst indicative present second-person
- wetteiferest second-person singular subjunctive
- wetteifrest second-person singular subjunctive
- wetteiferet plural second-person subjunctive
- wetteifret plural second-person subjunctive
- wetteiferten first-person indicative plural
- wetteifertest indicative preterite second-person
- wetteifertet indicative plural preterite
- wetteifere! imperative singular
- wetteifert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wetteifern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wetteifern in German?
wetteifern appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).