windsurfen
German, verb
windsurfen is spelled W-I-N-D-S-U-R-F-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Windsurfen is a German verb meaning “to windsurf” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Windsurfen is a different word: “gerund of windsurfen: windsurfing”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich auf einem Surfbrett mit Segel durch den Wind fortbewegen”.
What does windsurfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to windsurf
noun
- 1
neutergerund of windsurfen: windsurfing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sport, bei der eine Person auf einem Surfbrett mit Segel durch den Wind angetrieben wird
verb: 1. sich auf einem Surfbrett mit Segel durch den Wind fortbewegen
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 windsurfen
- Windsurfens genitive
- windsurfe present
- windsurfst present
- windsurft present
- windsurfte past
- windsurf! imperative singular
- windsurfe! imperative singular
- windsurft! imperative plural
- gewindsurft participle-2 perfect
- windgesurft participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- gewindsurft haben active infinitive perfect
- windgesurft haben active infinitive perfect
- zu windsurfen active extended infinitive
- gewindsurft zu haben active extended infinitive
- windgesurft zu haben active extended infinitive
- windsurfend participle present active
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to windsurfen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is windsurfen in German?
windsurfen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).