wiedergewinnen
German, verb
wiedergewinnen is spelled W-I-E-D-E-R-G-E-W-I-N-N-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wiedergewinnen is a German verb meaning “to regain, salvage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wiedergewinnen is a different word: “gerund of wiedergewinnen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas zurückerhalten/zurückerobern, was man verloren hat”.
What does wiedergewinnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to regain, salvage
- 2
to retrieve, reclaim, recover
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wiedergewinnen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas zurückerhalten/zurückerobern, was man verloren hat 2. brauchbare Stoffe aus Altmaterial herausholen 3. im Glücksspiel/Spiel Verlorenes durch neue Einsätze, die Gewinn abwerfen, gutmachen
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 wiedergewinnen
- gewinnt wieder present singular third-person
- gewann wieder past
- wiedergewonnen participle past
- gewänne wieder past subjunctive
- gewönne wieder past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- wiedergewinnend participle present
- wiederzugewinnen infinitive infinitive-zu
- gewinne wieder first-person indicative present
- gewinnen wieder first-person indicative plural
- gewinnst wieder indicative present second-person
- gewinnest wieder second-person singular subjunctive
- gewinnet wieder plural second-person subjunctive
- gewannen wieder first-person indicative plural
- gewännen wieder first-person formal plural
- gewönnen wieder first-person formal plural
- gewannst wieder indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wiedergewinnen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wiedergewinnen in German?
wiedergewinnen appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).