widerstehen
German, verb
widerstehen is spelled W-I-D-E-R-S-T-E-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written German, the 12,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Widerstehen is a German verb meaning “to withstand, to resist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Widerstehen is a different word: “gerund of widerstehen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “standhaft bleiben, einer Versuchung nicht erliegen”.
What does widerstehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to withstand, to resist
noun
- 1
neutergerund of widerstehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. standhaft bleiben, einer Versuchung nicht erliegen 2. trotzen, sich widersetzen, nicht nachgeben, Widerstand leisten 3. widerstandsfähig sein, der Einwirkung einer Kraft standhalten 4. zuwider sein, eine Abneigung haben
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 widerstehen
- widersteht present singular third-person
- widerstand past
- widerstanden participle past
- widerstände past subjunctive
- widerstünde past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- widerstehend participle present
- widerstehe first-person indicative present
- widerstehst indicative present second-person
- widerstehest second-person singular subjunctive
- widerstehet plural second-person subjunctive
- widerständen first-person formal plural
- widerstünden first-person formal plural
- widerstandest indicative preterite second-person
- widerstandst indicative preterite second-person
- widerstandet indicative plural preterite
- widerständest formal rare second-person
- widerstündest formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to widerstehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is widerstehen in German?
widerstehen appears 5.0 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).