verbergen
German, verb
verbergen is spelled V-E-R-B-E-R-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written German, the 7,590th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verbergen is a German verb meaning “to hide, conceal from view, keep secret” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verbergen is a different word: “gerund of verbergen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich verstecken, damit man nicht gefunden wird”.
What does verbergen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hide, conceal from view, keep secret
Was verbirgst du vor mir?
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verbergen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich verstecken, damit man nicht gefunden wird 2. etwas so verstecken, dass andere es nicht sehen 3. die Wahrheit über etwas geheim halten; andere etwas nicht wissen lassen 4. nicht öffentlich sichtbar oder bekannt sein
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 verbergen
- verbirgt present singular third-person
- verbarg past
- verborgen participle past
- verbärge past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- verbergend participle present
- verberge first-person indicative present
- verbirgst indicative present second-person
- verbergt indicative plural present
- verbergest second-person singular subjunctive
- verberget plural second-person subjunctive
- verbargen first-person indicative plural
- verbärgen first-person formal plural
- verbargst indicative preterite second-person
- verbargt indicative plural preterite
- verbärgest formal rare second-person
- verbärgst formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verbergen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verbergen in German?
verbergen appears 9.1 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).