verbreiten
German, verb
verbreiten is spelled V-E-R-B-R-E-I-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written German, the 4,781st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verbreiten is a German verb meaning “to put about, spread, circulate, disseminate sth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verbreiten is a different word: “gerund of verbreiten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einen großen Umkreis gelangen”.
What does verbreiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put about, spread, circulate, disseminate sth.
eine Nachricht verbreiten
- 2
to spread, circulate, go around
Das Gerücht hatte sich schnell verbreitet.
- 3
to expound (of a person) (to make a statement at length about something)
Mein Gastgeber verbreitete sich stundenlang über seine Ansichten zur Tagespolitik.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verbreiten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in einen großen Umkreis gelangen 2. etwas an viele Menschen bekanntgeben 3. in einem großen Umkreis verteilen 4. etwas in aller Ausführlichkeit darstellen
noun: 1. das Verteilen (unter vielen Menschen)
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 verbreiten
- verbreitet present singular third-person
- verbreitete past
- haben auxiliary
- verbreitend participle present
- verbreite first-person indicative present
- verbreitest indicative present second-person
- verbreiteten first-person indicative plural
- verbreitetest indicative preterite second-person
- verbreitetet indicative plural preterite
- verbreit imperative second-person singular
- habe verbreitet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verbreitet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verbreite! imperative singular
- verbreitet! imperative plural
- verbreitet haben active infinitive perfect
- verbreitet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- verbreitet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- verbreitet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verbreiten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verbreiten in German?
verbreiten appears 16 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).