widersprechen
German, verb
widersprechen is spelled W-I-D-E-R-S-P-R-E-C-H-E-N (13 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 6,912th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Widersprechen is a German verb meaning “to object; to disagree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Widersprechen is a different word: “gerund of widersprechen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf eine Aussage mit einer gegenteiligen Aussage antworten”.
What does widersprechen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to object; to disagree
Da muss ich dir widersprechen.
- 2
to contradict
- 3
to be contradictory
noun
- 1
neutergerund of widersprechen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. auf eine Aussage mit einer gegenteiligen Aussage antworten 2. im Gegensatz zu einer Sache stehen; dagegensprechen; nicht zusammenpassen
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 widersprechen
- widerspricht present singular third-person
- widersprach past
- widersprochen participle past
- widerspräche past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 4 strong
- widersprechend participle present
- widerspreche first-person indicative present
- widersprichst indicative present second-person
- widersprecht indicative plural present
- widersprechest second-person singular subjunctive
- widersprechet plural second-person subjunctive
- widersprachen first-person indicative plural
- widersprächen first-person formal plural
- widersprachst indicative preterite second-person
- widerspracht indicative plural preterite
- widersprächest formal rare second-person
- widersprächst formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to widersprechen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is widersprechen in German?
widersprechen appears 10 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).