veredeln
German, verb
veredeln is spelled V-E-R-E-D-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 63,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Veredeln is a German verb meaning “to refine, cultivate, enrich” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Veredeln is a different word: “gerund of veredeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas qualitativ verbessern, wertvoller (edler) machen, als es ehemals war”.
What does veredeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to refine, cultivate, enrich
- 2
to ennoble
- 3
to graft (a plant)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of veredeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas qualitativ verbessern, wertvoller (edler) machen, als es ehemals war 2. eine Pflanze durch das Aufsetzen eines Pfropfes einer Edelsorte verändern/verbessern
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 veredeln
- veredelt present singular third-person
- veredelte past
- haben auxiliary
- veredelnd participle present
- veredle first-person indicative present
- veredele first-person indicative present
- veredel first-person indicative present
- veredelst indicative present second-person
- veredelest second-person singular subjunctive
- veredlest second-person singular subjunctive
- veredelet plural second-person subjunctive
- veredlet plural second-person subjunctive
- veredelten first-person indicative plural
- veredeltest indicative preterite second-person
- veredeltet indicative plural preterite
- veredel! imperative singular
- veredele! imperative singular
- veredelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to veredeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is veredeln in German?
veredeln appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).