vereidigen
German, verb/fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯dɪɡn̩/
vereidigen is spelled V-E-R-E-I-D-I-G-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 163,492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vereidigen is a German verb meaning “to swear in” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden etwas schwören lassen (einen Eid abgeben lassen), meist, sich an bestimmte Regeln zu halten, wie sie…”.
What does vereidigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to swear in
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden etwas schwören lassen (einen Eid abgeben lassen), meist, sich an bestimmte Regeln zu halten, wie sie zum Beispiel für einen Beamten oder Zeugen gelten
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 vereidigen
- vereidigt present singular third-person
- vereidigte past
- haben auxiliary
- vereidigend participle present
- vereidige first-person indicative present
- vereidigst indicative present second-person
- vereidigest second-person singular subjunctive
- vereidiget plural second-person subjunctive
- vereidigten first-person indicative plural
- vereidigtest indicative preterite second-person
- vereidigtet indicative plural preterite
- vereidig imperative second-person singular
- habe vereidigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben vereidigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- vereidig! imperative singular
- vereidige! imperative singular
- vereidigt! imperative plural
- vereidigt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vereidigen?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯dɪɡn̩/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯dɪɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vereidigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vereidigen in German?
vereidigen appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).