zelten
German, verb
zelten is spelled Z-E-L-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 17,848th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zelten is a German verb meaning “to camp, tent (to stay in the outdoors in a tent)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zelten is a different word: “dative plural of Zelt”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einem Zelt wohnen”.
What does zelten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to camp, tent (to stay in the outdoors in a tent)
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Zelt
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zelten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in einem Zelt wohnen
noun: 1. kleines, flaches (meist süßes) Gebäckstück verschiedenster Art; speziell auch: Lebkuchen 2. kurz für Zeltenbrot (Früchtebrot)
noun: 1. Übernachtung in einem Zelt
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 zelten
- zeltet present singular third-person
- zeltete past
- gezeltet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zeltend participle present
- zelte first-person indicative present
- zeltest indicative present second-person
- zelteten first-person indicative plural
- zeltetest indicative preterite second-person
- zeltetet indicative plural preterite
- zelt imperative second-person singular
- habe gezeltet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gezeltet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- zelte! imperative singular
- zeltet! imperative plural
- gezeltet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu zelten active extended infinitive
- gezeltet zu haben active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to zelten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zelten in German?
zelten appears 3.0 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).