verdecken
German, verb
verdecken is spelled V-E-R-D-E-C-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verdecken is a German verb meaning “to mask, to hide, to occlude, to obstruct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verdecken is a different word: “gerund of verdecken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die freie Sicht auf etwas oder jemanden nehmen, versperren”.
What does verdecken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mask, to hide, to occlude, to obstruct
- 2
to cover
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verdecken
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Verdeck
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die freie Sicht auf etwas oder jemanden nehmen, versperren 2. mit etwas (Decke, Plane, …) so bedecken, dass es nicht mehr (vollständig) zu sehen ist 3. durch gezielte Maßnahmen verhindern, dass etwas (Absicht, Vorhaben …) (für jedermann) ersichtlich ist
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 verdecken
- verdeckt present singular third-person
- verdeckte past
- haben auxiliary
- verdeckend participle present
- verdecke first-person indicative present
- verdeckst indicative present second-person
- verdeckest second-person singular subjunctive
- verdecket plural second-person subjunctive
- verdeckten first-person indicative plural
- verdecktest indicative preterite second-person
- verdecktet indicative plural preterite
- verdeck imperative second-person singular
- habe verdeckt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verdeckt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verdeck! imperative singular
- verdecke! imperative singular
- verdeckt! imperative plural
- verdeckt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verdecken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verdecken in German?
verdecken appears 1.8 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).