zeihen
German, verb/ˈtsaɪ̯ən/
zeihen is spelled Z-E-I-H-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeihen is a German verb meaning “to accuse, to blame” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem diese Sache (zumeist ein Vergehen oder ein Verbrechen) vorwerfen”.
What does zeihen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to accuse, to blame
Niemand kann mich einer Lüge zeihen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem diese Sache (zumeist ein Vergehen oder ein Verbrechen) vorwerfen
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 zeihen
- zeiht present singular third-person
- zieh past
- geziehen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- zeihend participle present
- zeihe first-person indicative present
- zeihst indicative present second-person
- zeihest second-person singular subjunctive
- zeihet plural second-person subjunctive
- ziehen first-person indicative plural
- ziehe first-person formal rare
- ziehst indicative preterite second-person
- zieht indicative plural preterite
- ziehest formal rare second-person
- ziehet formal plural rare
- zeih imperative second-person singular
- zeihte past
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zeihen?
- /ˈtsaɪ̯ən/
- [ˈt͡saɪ̯.ən]
- [ˈt͡saɪ̯.n̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zeihen in German?
zeihen appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).