wiedergeboren
German, adjective/ˈviːdɐɡəˈboːʁən/
wiedergeboren is spelled W-I-E-D-E-R-G-E-B-O-R-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,786th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wiedergeboren is a German adjective meaning “reincarnated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein weiteres Mal geboren werdend”.
What does wiedergeboren mean in English?
adjective
- 1
reincarnated
- 2
born-again
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ein weiteres Mal geboren werdend 2. erneut ins Dasein/in Erscheinung getreten 3. in neuen spirituellen/religiösen Zustand des Daseins durch einen Akt göttlicher Gnade/Berufung eingetreten
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 wiedergeboren
- wiedergeborener masculine nominative singular
- wiedergeborene feminine nominative singular
- wiedergeborenes neuter nominative singular
- wiedergeborenen genitive masculine singular
- wiedergeborenem dative masculine singular
- der wiedergeborene definite includes-article masculine
- die wiedergeborene definite feminine includes-article
- das wiedergeborene definite includes-article neuter
- die wiedergeborenen definite includes-article nominative
- des wiedergeborenen definite genitive includes-article
- der wiedergeborenen definite feminine genitive
- dem wiedergeborenen dative definite includes-article
- den wiedergeborenen dative definite includes-article
- wiedergeborner positive nominative strong
- wiedergeborne positive nominative strong
- wiedergebornes positive nominative strong
- wiedergebornen positive genitive strong
- wiedergebornem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wiedergeboren?
- /ˈviːdɐɡəˈboːʁən/
- [ˈviːdɐɡəˌboːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wiedergeboren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wiedergeboren in German?
wiedergeboren appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).