wiedergutmachen
German, verb
wiedergutmachen is spelled W-I-E-D-E-R-G-U-T-M-A-C-H-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 96,776th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wiedergutmachen is a German verb meaning “to repair, to recompense, to make up for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wiedergutmachen is a different word: “gerund of wiedergutmachen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem entstandenen Nachteil oder Schaden nachträglich ausgleichen/beheben”.
What does wiedergutmachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to repair, to recompense, to make up for
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wiedergutmachen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem entstandenen Nachteil oder Schaden nachträglich ausgleichen/beheben
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 wiedergutmachen
- macht wieder gut present singular third-person
- machte wieder gut past
- wiedergutgemacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- wiedergutmachend participle present
- wiedergutzumachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- mache wieder gut first-person indicative present
- machen wieder gut first-person indicative plural
- machst wieder gut indicative present second-person
- machest wieder gut second-person singular subjunctive
- machet wieder gut plural second-person subjunctive
- machten wieder gut first-person indicative plural
- machtest wieder gut indicative preterite second-person
- machtet wieder gut indicative plural preterite
- mach wieder gut! imperative singular
- mache wieder gut! imperative singular
- macht wieder gut! imperative plural
- wiedergutgemacht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wiedergutmachen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wiedergutmachen in German?
wiedergutmachen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).