wischen
German, verb
wischen is spelled W-I-S-C-H-E-N (7 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written German, the 18,511th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wischen is a German verb meaning “to wipe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wischen is a different word: “gerund of wischen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, zum Beispiel Schmutz von einer Oberfläche, entfernen, eventuell mit einem Lappen”.
What does wischen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wipe
- 2
to mop, scrub
- 3
Switzerlandto sweep
- 4
to swipe
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wischen
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Wisch
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas, zum Beispiel Schmutz von einer Oberfläche, entfernen, eventuell mit einem Lappen 2. mit einem feuchten Lappen/Tuch säubern 3. jemandem eine Ohrfeige geben 4. einen elektrischen Schlag verabreichen
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 wischen
- wischt present singular third-person
- wischte past
- gewischt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- wischend participle present
- wische first-person indicative present
- wischst indicative present second-person
- wischest second-person singular subjunctive
- wischet plural second-person subjunctive
- wischten first-person indicative plural
- wischtest indicative preterite second-person
- wischtet indicative plural preterite
- wisch imperative second-person singular
- habe gewischt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- wisch! imperative singular
- wische! imperative singular
- wischt! imperative plural
- gewischt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wischen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wischen in German?
wischen appears 2.9 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).