verankern
German, verb
verankern is spelled V-E-R-A-N-K-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verankern is a German verb meaning “to anchor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verankern is a different word: “gerund of verankern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Schiff, ein Floß oder Ähnliches mit einem Anker an seinem Platz festmachen”.
What does verankern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to anchor
- 2
to enshrine (to protect within an official law or treaty)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verankern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Schiff, ein Floß oder Ähnliches mit einem Anker an seinem Platz festmachen 2. überhaupt etwas an seinem Platz befestigen 3. festschreiben, festhalten, einfügen, einführen
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 verankern
- verankert present singular third-person
- verankerte past
- haben auxiliary
- verankernd participle present
- verankre first-person indicative present
- verankere first-person indicative present
- veranker first-person indicative present
- verankerst indicative present second-person
- verankerest second-person singular subjunctive
- verankrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verankeret plural second-person subjunctive
- verankret plural second-person subjunctive
- verankerten first-person indicative plural
- verankertest indicative preterite second-person
- verankertet indicative plural preterite
- verankere! imperative singular
- verankert! imperative plural
- verankert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verankern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verankern in German?
verankern appears 1.7 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).