verdeutlichen
German, verb
verdeutlichen is spelled V-E-R-D-E-U-T-L-I-C-H-E-N (13 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written German, the 14,528th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verdeutlichen is a German verb meaning “to make (something) clear, to clarify, to elucidate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verdeutlichen is a different word: “gerund of verdeutlichen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “klar, verständlich, nachvollziehbar machen”.
What does verdeutlichen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make (something) clear, to clarify, to elucidate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verdeutlichen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. klar, verständlich, nachvollziehbar machen
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 verdeutlichen
- verdeutlicht present singular third-person
- verdeutlichte past
- haben auxiliary
- verdeutlichend participle present
- verdeutliche first-person indicative present
- verdeutlichst indicative present second-person
- verdeutlichest second-person singular subjunctive
- verdeutlichet plural second-person subjunctive
- verdeutlichten first-person indicative plural
- verdeutlichtest indicative preterite second-person
- verdeutlichtet indicative plural preterite
- verdeutlich imperative second-person singular
- habe verdeutlicht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verdeutlicht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verdeutlich! imperative singular
- verdeutliche! imperative singular
- verdeutlicht! imperative plural
- verdeutlicht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verdeutlichen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verdeutlichen in German?
verdeutlichen appears 4.0 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).