verändern
German, verb
verändern is spelled V-E-R-Ä-N-D-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written German, the 2,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verändern is a German verb meaning “to alter, to change” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verändern is a different word: “gerund of verändern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas in seiner Art oder Beschaffenheit ändern”.
What does verändern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to alter, to change
Er veränderte die Einstellungen.
- 2
to change
Ich habe mich verändert, aber er bemerkt es nicht.
- 3
to change job
Sie wollte sich (beruflich) verändern, weil sie eine Führungsaufgabe anstrebte.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verändern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas in seiner Art oder Beschaffenheit ändern 2. in seiner Art oder Erscheinung anders werden 3. den Arbeitsplatz wechseln
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 verändern
- verändert present singular third-person
- veränderte past
- haben auxiliary
- verändernd participle present
- verändre first-person indicative present
- verändere first-person indicative present
- veränder first-person indicative present
- veränderst indicative present second-person
- veränderest second-person singular subjunctive
- verändrest second-person singular subjunctive
- veränderet plural second-person subjunctive
- verändret plural second-person subjunctive
- veränderten first-person indicative plural
- verändertest indicative preterite second-person
- verändertet indicative plural preterite
- veränder! imperative singular
- verändert! imperative plural
- verändert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verändern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verändern in German?
verändern appears 30 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).