widerhallen
German, verb
widerhallen is spelled W-I-D-E-R-H-A-L-L-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 200,239th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Widerhallen is a German verb meaning “to echo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Widerhallen is a different word: “dative plural of Widerhall”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “als Echo zurückkommen (hallend zu hören sein)”.
What does widerhallen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to echo
noun
- 1
dative plural of Widerhall
noun
- 1
neutergerund of widerhallen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. als Echo zurückkommen (hallend zu hören sein) 2. vom zurückgeworfenen (hallenden) Klang einer Tonfolge, zum Beispiel von Musik oder einem Schrei, erfüllt sein 3. als Echo zurückwerfen
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 widerhallen
- hallt wider present singular third-person
- hallte wider past
- widergehallt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- widerhallend participle present
- widerzuhallen infinitive infinitive-zu
- halle wider first-person indicative present
- hallen wider first-person indicative plural
- hallst wider indicative present second-person
- hallest wider second-person singular subjunctive
- hallet wider plural second-person subjunctive
- hallten wider first-person indicative plural
- halltest wider indicative preterite second-person
- halltet wider indicative plural preterite
- hall wider! imperative singular
- halle wider! imperative singular
- hallt wider! imperative plural
- widergehallt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to widerhallen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is widerhallen in German?
widerhallen appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).