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Verbum

German, noun/ˈvɛʁbʊm/

Verbum is spelled V-E-R-B-U-M (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verbum is a German neuter noun meaning “dated form of Verb (“verb”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wortart, mit der eine Handlung (z.B. spielen, lachen, werfen), ein Zustand (glänzen, sich auflösen) oder ein…”.

What does Verbum mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    datedneuterdated form of Verb (“verb”)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Wortart, mit der eine Handlung (z.B. spielen, lachen, werfen), ein Zustand (glänzen, sich auflösen) oder ein Geschehen (regnen, schneien) ausgedrückt wird

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 Verbum

  • Verbums genitive
  • Verba plural
  • Verben plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Verbum?

  • /ˈvɛʁbʊm/
  • [ˈvɛʁbʊm]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Verbum

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Verbum in German?

Verbum appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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