verdorren
German, verb
verdorren is spelled V-E-R-D-O-R-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 144,446th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verdorren is a German verb meaning “to wither, dry up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verdorren is a different word: “gerund of verdorren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “langsam immer trockener werden bis hin zum Absterben”.
What does verdorren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wither, dry up
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verdorren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. langsam immer trockener werden bis hin zum Absterben 2. langsam die Feuchtigkeit entziehen
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 verdorren
- verdorrt present singular third-person
- verdorrte past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- verdorrend participle present
- verdorre first-person indicative present
- verdorrst indicative present second-person
- verdorrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verdorret plural second-person subjunctive
- verdorrten first-person indicative plural
- verdorrtest indicative preterite second-person
- verdorrtet indicative plural preterite
- verdorr imperative second-person singular
- verdorr! imperative singular
- verdorre! imperative singular
- verdorrt! imperative plural
- verdorrt sein auxiliary auxiliary verb active
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verdorren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verdorren in German?
verdorren appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).