wetten
German, verb
wetten is spelled W-E-T-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written German, the 4,114th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wetten is a German verb meaning “to bet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wetten is a different word: “gerund of wetten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geld/Wert auf den Ausgang eines zukünftigen Ereignisses setzen; eine Wette abschließen”.
What does wetten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bet
wetten, dass…
- 2
colloquialto bet, guess (that something is the case with certainty)
Ich wette, Lisa wartet schon auf uns.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wetten
noun
- 1
plural of Wette
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Geld/Wert auf den Ausgang eines zukünftigen Ereignisses setzen; eine Wette abschließen 2. zum Ausdruck bringen, dass man sich einer Sache ganz sicher ist, dass ma auf etwas wetten würde
noun: 1. Vorgang des Abschließens einer Wette
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 wetten
- wettet present singular third-person
- wettete past
- gewettet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- wettend participle present
- wette first-person indicative present
- wettest indicative present second-person
- wetteten first-person indicative plural
- wettetest indicative preterite second-person
- wettetet indicative plural preterite
- wett imperative second-person singular
- habe gewettet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gewettet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- wette! imperative singular
- wettet! imperative plural
- gewettet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu wetten active extended infinitive
- gewettet zu haben active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wetten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wetten in German?
wetten appears 19 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).