verbarrikadieren
German, verb
verbarrikadieren is spelled V-E-R-B-A-R-R-I-K-A-D-I-E-R-E-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verbarrikadieren is a German verb meaning “to barricade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verbarrikadieren is a different word: “gerund of verbarrikadieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch rasch herbeigeschaffte und aufeinandergetürmte Gegenstände eine Sperre (Barrikade) errichten, die…”.
What does verbarrikadieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to barricade
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verbarrikadieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch rasch herbeigeschaffte und aufeinandergetürmte Gegenstände eine Sperre (Barrikade) errichten, die Eindringlinge aufhalten soll 2. hinter einer solchen Sperre in Deckung gehen, Schutz suchen
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 verbarrikadieren
- verbarrikadiert present singular third-person
- verbarrikadierte past
- haben auxiliary
- verbarrikadierend participle present
- verbarrikadiere first-person indicative present
- verbarrikadierst indicative present second-person
- verbarrikadierest second-person singular subjunctive
- verbarrikadieret plural second-person subjunctive
- verbarrikadierten first-person indicative plural
- verbarrikadiertest indicative preterite second-person
- verbarrikadiertet indicative plural preterite
- verbarrikadier imperative second-person singular
- habe verbarrikadiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verbarrikadiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verbarrikadier! imperative singular
- verbarrikadiere! imperative singular
- verbarrikadiert! imperative plural
- verbarrikadiert haben transitive active infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verbarrikadieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verbarrikadieren in German?
verbarrikadieren appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).