wiederholen
German, verb
wiederholen is spelled W-I-E-D-E-R-H-O-L-E-N (11 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written German, the 4,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wiederholen is a German verb meaning “to repeat (to do or say again)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wiederholen is a different word: “gerund of wiederholen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas zum zweiten oder mehrfachen Male, erneut tun, durchführen, stattfinden lassen”.
What does wiederholen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to repeat (to do or say again)
- 2
to recapitulate (to summarize or repeat in concise form)
- 3
to revise, review, study (look over again (something previously written or learned))
- 4
to play again, replay (to perform in (a sport) or participate in (a game) again)
- 5
to retake (to take or do (an exam, penalty shot, etc.) again; to photograph or film again)
- 6
to repeat oneself (to say again what one has said)
- 7
to recur, repeat itself (to happen again)
verb
- 1
to bring back, take back
Du musst den Ball wiederholen, den du über den Zaun geschossen hast.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wiederholen
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wiederholen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas zum zweiten oder mehrfachen Male, erneut tun, durchführen, stattfinden lassen 2. etwas Gelerntes zum Zwecke der Übung 3. etwas zum zweiten oder mehrfachen Male, erneut aussprechen, sagen 4. erneut geschehen
verb: 1. etwas oder jemanden an den ursprünglichen Ort zurückholen
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 wiederholen
- wiederholt present singular third-person
- wiederholte past
- haben auxiliary
- wiederholend participle present
- wiederhole first-person indicative present
- wiederholst indicative present second-person
- wiederholest second-person singular subjunctive
- wiederholet plural second-person subjunctive
- wiederholten first-person indicative plural
- wiederholtest indicative preterite second-person
- wiederholtet indicative plural preterite
- wiederhol imperative second-person singular
- habe wiederholt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben wiederholt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- wiederhol! imperative singular
- wiederhole! imperative singular
- wiederholt! imperative plural
- wiederholt haben inseparable active infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wiederholen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wiederholen in German?
wiederholen appears 18 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).