verbessern
German, verb
verbessern is spelled V-E-R-B-E-S-S-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written German, the 2,718th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verbessern is a German verb meaning “to improve (to make better), to enhance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verbessern is a different word: “gerund of verbessern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “korrigieren; berichtigen; nach Fehlern suchen und diese entfernen”.
What does verbessern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to improve (to make better), to enhance
Der neue Präsident versprach, die Qualität der Bildung zu verbessern.
- 2
to improve (to become better)
Wir müssen darauf warten, dass sich sein Zustand verbessert.
- 3
to correct
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verbessern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. korrigieren; berichtigen; nach Fehlern suchen und diese entfernen 2. besser machen; die Qualität steigern
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 verbessern
- verbessert present singular third-person
- verbesserte past
- haben auxiliary
- verbessernd participle present
- verbessre first-person indicative present
- verbessere first-person indicative present
- verbesser first-person indicative present
- verbesserst indicative present second-person
- verbesserest second-person singular subjunctive
- verbessrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verbesseret plural second-person subjunctive
- verbessret plural second-person subjunctive
- verbesserten first-person indicative plural
- verbessertest indicative preterite second-person
- verbessertet indicative plural preterite
- verbesser! imperative singular
- verbessere! imperative singular
- verbessert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verbessern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verbessern in German?
verbessern 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).