widerreden
German, verb
widerreden is spelled W-I-D-E-R-R-E-D-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written German, the 476,489th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Widerreden is a German verb meaning “to talk back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Widerreden is a different word: “gerund of widerreden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine andere Meinung oder das Gegenteil von dem äußern, was (gerade) gesagt wurde”.
What does widerreden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to talk back
noun
- 1
neutergerund of widerreden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine andere Meinung oder das Gegenteil von dem äußern, was (gerade) gesagt wurde
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 widerreden
- widerredet present singular third-person
- widerredete past
- haben auxiliary
- widerredend participle present
- widerrede first-person indicative present
- widerredest indicative present second-person
- widerredeten first-person indicative plural
- widerredetest indicative preterite second-person
- widerredetet indicative plural preterite
- widerred imperative second-person singular
- habe widerredet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben widerredet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- widerred! imperative singular
- widerrede! imperative singular
- widerredet! imperative plural
- widerredet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu widerreden active extended infinitive
- widerredet zu haben active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is widerreden in German?
widerreden appears about once in every 60 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).