formen
German, verb
formen is spelled F-O-R-M-E-N (6 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written German, the 2,298th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formen is a German verb meaning “to form, to shape (to give something a shape)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Formen is a different word: “plural of Form”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas eine Form oder Gestalt geben”.
What does formen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to form, to shape (to give something a shape)
noun
- 1
plural of Form
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas eine Form oder Gestalt geben 2. den Charakter einer Person beeinflussen 3. eine andere Form oder Gestalt bekommen
noun: 1. Vorgang/Handlung, etwas zu formen, einer Sache eine Gestalt/Form zu geben
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 formen
- formt present singular third-person
- formte past
- geformt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- formend participle present
- forme first-person indicative present
- formst indicative present second-person
- formest second-person singular subjunctive
- formet plural second-person subjunctive
- formten first-person indicative plural
- formtest indicative preterite second-person
- formtet indicative plural preterite
- form imperative second-person singular
- habe geformt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geformt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- form! imperative singular
- forme! imperative singular
- formt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to formen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is formen in German?
formen appears 36 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).