German word
weinen in German sentences
weinen means "to cry" in English. Learn the word with article or verb notes, real German examples, and sentence practice.
Examples
Das Kind weint nach dem Sturz.
The child cries after the fall.
Wir weinen nicht vor dem Kunden.
We do not cry in front of the customer.
Lara weint im Gespräch mit ihrer Mutter.
Lara cries during the conversation with her mother.
Lara weint nicht allein im Zimmer.
Lara does not cry alone in the room.
Nach der Nachricht weinen die Gäste leise.
After the news, the guests cry quietly.
Common mistake
Do not memorize only the infinitive weinen. Read it in short sentences so word order and forms become familiar.