verehren
German, verb
verehren is spelled V-E-R-E-H-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verehren is a German verb meaning “to revere, to venerate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verehren is a different word: “gerund of verehren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem mit großer Hochachtung und Bewunderung begegnen”.
What does verehren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to revere, to venerate
- 2
to adore
- 3
to worship
- 4
to present something as a gift or honour
Er verehrte sie mit einem Strauß Blumen.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verehren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem mit großer Hochachtung und Bewunderung begegnen 2. jemanden (wie einen Gott) anbeten 3. jemandem etwas schenken
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 verehren
- verehrt present singular third-person
- verehrte past
- haben auxiliary
- verehrend participle present
- verehre first-person indicative present
- verehrst indicative present second-person
- verehrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verehret plural second-person subjunctive
- verehrten first-person indicative plural
- verehrtest indicative preterite second-person
- verehrtet indicative plural preterite
- verehr imperative second-person singular
- habe verehrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verehrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verehre! imperative singular
- verehrt! imperative plural
- verehrt haben active infinitive perfect
- verehrt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verehren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verehren in German?
verehren 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).