verbieten
German, verb
verbieten is spelled V-E-R-B-I-E-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,161st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verbieten is a German verb meaning “to forbid, prohibit (someone from doing something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verbieten is a different word: “gerund of verbieten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Unterlassung fordern”.
What does verbieten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to forbid, prohibit (someone from doing something)
Ich verbiete Ihnen, in diesem Ton mit meiner Frau zu sprechen.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verbieten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Unterlassung fordern
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 verbieten
- verbietet present singular third-person
- verbot past
- verboten participle past
- verböte past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 2 strong
- verbietend participle present
- verbiete first-person indicative present
- verbietest indicative present second-person
- verböten first-person formal plural
- verbotest indicative preterite second-person
- verbotst indicative preterite second-person
- verbotet indicative plural preterite
- verbötest formal rare second-person
- verbötet formal plural rare
- verbiet imperative second-person singular
- verbiet! imperative singular
- verbiete! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verbieten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verbieten in German?
verbieten appears 14 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).