widersagen
German, verb[viːdɐˈzaːɡn̩]
widersagen is spelled W-I-D-E-R-S-A-G-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written German, the 515,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Widersagen is a German verb meaning “to object, to contradict” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “klarmachen, dass man einer anderen Meinung ist; widersprechen”.
What does widersagen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to object, to contradict
- 2
to defy, to oppose, renounce
Widersagen Sie dem Satan? - Ich widersage.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. klarmachen, dass man einer anderen Meinung ist; widersprechen 2. sich von etwas oder jemandem lossagen, sich verweigern
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 widersagen
- widersagt present singular third-person
- widersagte past
- haben auxiliary
- widersagend participle present
- widersage first-person indicative present
- widersagst indicative present second-person
- widersagest second-person singular subjunctive
- widersaget plural second-person subjunctive
- widersagten first-person indicative plural
- widersagtest indicative preterite second-person
- widersagtet indicative plural preterite
- widersag imperative second-person singular
- habe widersagt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben widersagt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- widersag! imperative singular
- widersage! imperative singular
- widersagt! imperative plural
- widersagt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce widersagen?
- [viːdɐˈzaːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is widersagen in German?
widersagen appears about once in every 69 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).