verbleiben
German, verb
verbleiben is spelled V-E-R-B-L-E-I-B-E-N (10 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written German, the 13,123rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verbleiben is a German verb meaning “to remain, to stay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verbleiben is a different word: “gerund of verbleiben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich auf etwas verständigen”.
What does verbleiben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to remain, to stay
- 2
to agree on the further course of action at the end of an interaction
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verbleiben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich auf etwas verständigen 2. bei etwas/jemandem bleiben, so bleiben wie es ist 3. noch übrig 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 verbleiben
- verbleibt present singular third-person
- verblieb past
- verblieben participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 1 strong
- verbleibend participle present
- verbleibe first-person indicative present
- verbleibst indicative present second-person
- verbleibest second-person singular subjunctive
- verbleibet plural second-person subjunctive
- verbliebe first-person formal rare
- verbliebst indicative preterite second-person
- verbliebt indicative plural preterite
- verbliebest formal rare second-person
- verbliebet formal plural rare
- verbleib imperative second-person singular
- verbleibe! imperative singular
- verbleibt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verbleiben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verbleiben in German?
verbleiben appears 4.6 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).