widern
German, verb/ˈviːdɐn/
widern is spelled W-I-D-E-R-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Widern is a German verb meaning “to disgust, to repulse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “es/etwas erregt bei jemandem Ekel”.
What does widern mean in English?
verb
- 1
archaicto disgust, to repulse
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. es/etwas erregt bei jemandem Ekel
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 widern
- widert present singular third-person
- widerte past
- gewidert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- widernd participle present
- widre first-person indicative present
- widere first-person indicative present
- wider first-person indicative present
- widerst indicative present second-person
- widerest second-person singular subjunctive
- widrest second-person singular subjunctive
- wideret plural second-person subjunctive
- widret plural second-person subjunctive
- widerten first-person indicative plural
- widertest indicative preterite second-person
- widertet indicative plural preterite
- wider! imperative singular
- widere! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce widern?
- /ˈviːdɐn/
- [ˈviːdɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is widern in German?
widern appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).