Verein
German, noun
Verein is spelled V-E-R-E-I-N (6 letters) and appears 100 times per million words in written German, the 863rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verein is a German masculine noun meaning “association, club, society” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, verein is a different word: “singular imperative of vereinen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Organisation von Menschen mit einem gemeinsamen Ziel oder gemeinsamen Interessen”.
What does Verein mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineassociation, club, society
verb
- 1
singular imperative of vereinen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of vereinen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Organisation von Menschen mit einem gemeinsamen Ziel oder gemeinsamen Interessen 2. Personengruppe oder Organisation, die kritisiert wird
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 Verein
- Vereines genitive
- Vereins genitive
- Vereine plural
- Vereinen dative definite plural
- Ver. abbreviation
- e. V. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Verein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verein in German?
Verein appears 100 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).