wiedergeben
German, verb
wiedergeben is spelled W-I-E-D-E-R-G-E-B-E-N (11 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 18,198th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wiedergeben is a German verb meaning “to give back, to return (something to its rightful or previous owner)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wiedergeben is a different word: “gerund of wiedergeben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem etwas, das man von ihm erhalten hat, zurückgeben”.
What does wiedergeben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to give back, to return (something to its rightful or previous owner)
Er hat mir das geliehene Geld wiedergegeben.
- 2
to render, to echo, to reproduce (to state or represent the content of some source or conversation)
- 3
to play (of audio or video data)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wiedergeben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem etwas, das man von ihm erhalten hat, zurückgeben 2. über etwas berichten (bei dem man dabei war, um andere darüber zu informieren) 3. etwas darstellen 4. (Laute/Töne/Bilder) technisch reproduzieren
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 wiedergeben
- gibt wieder present singular third-person
- gab wieder past
- wiedergegeben participle past
- gäbe wieder past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 5 strong
- wiedergebend participle present
- wiederzugeben infinitive infinitive-zu
- gebe wieder first-person indicative present
- geben wieder first-person indicative plural
- gibst wieder indicative present second-person
- gebt wieder indicative plural present
- gebest wieder second-person singular subjunctive
- gebet wieder plural second-person subjunctive
- gaben wieder first-person indicative plural
- gäben wieder first-person plural subjunctive
- gabst wieder indicative preterite second-person
- gabt wieder indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wiedergeben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wiedergeben in German?
wiedergeben appears 3.0 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).