wiederverwenden
German, verb[ˈviːdɐfɛɐ̯ˌvɛndn̩]
wiederverwenden is spelled W-I-E-D-E-R-V-E-R-W-E-N-D-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 101,039th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wiederverwenden is a German verb meaning “to reuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(nach der Aufbereitung) für die erneute Nutzung bei/für etwas gebrauchen (und so dem Abfall entziehen)”.
What does wiederverwenden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reuse
- 2
to recycle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (nach der Aufbereitung) für die erneute Nutzung bei/für etwas gebrauchen (und so dem Abfall entziehen)
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 wiederverwenden
- verwendet wieder present singular third-person
- verwendete wieder past
- verwandte wieder past
- wiederverwendet participle past
- wiederverwandt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- wiederverwendend participle present
- wiederzuverwenden infinitive infinitive-zu
- verwende wieder first-person indicative present
- verwenden wieder first-person indicative plural
- verwendest wieder indicative present second-person
- verwendeten wieder first-person indicative plural
- verwandten wieder first-person indicative plural
- verwendetest wieder indicative preterite second-person
- verwandtest wieder indicative preterite second-person
- verwend wieder! imperative singular
- verwende wieder! imperative singular
- verwendet wieder! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wiederverwenden?
- [ˈviːdɐfɛɐ̯ˌvɛndn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wiederverwenden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wiederverwenden in German?
wiederverwenden 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).