zeitigen
German, verb
zeitigen is spelled Z-E-I-T-I-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 75,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeitigen is a German verb meaning “to bring about” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of zeitig. With a capital, Zeitigen is a different word: “gerund of zeitigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas zum Entstehen bringen; Folgen, Ergebnisse hervorbringen; Wirkung zeigen”.
What does zeitigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bring about
- 2
Austriato ripen
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zeitigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas zum Entstehen bringen; Folgen, Ergebnisse hervorbringen; Wirkung zeigen
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 zeitigen
- zeitigt present singular third-person
- zeitigte past
- gezeitigt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zeitigend participle present
- zeitige first-person indicative present
- zeitigst indicative present second-person
- zeitigest second-person singular subjunctive
- zeitiget plural second-person subjunctive
- zeitigten first-person indicative plural
- zeitigtest indicative preterite second-person
- zeitigtet indicative plural preterite
- zeitig imperative second-person singular
- habe gezeitigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gezeitigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- zeitige! imperative singular
- zeitigt! imperative plural
- gezeitigt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is zeitigen in German?
zeitigen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).