vereinsamen
German, verb/fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nzaːmən/
vereinsamen is spelled V-E-R-E-I-N-S-A-M-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vereinsamen is a German verb meaning “to grow lonely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Laufe der Zeit mehr auf sich selbst gestellt (einsam) werden/sein; zunehmend weniger soziale Kontakte…”.
What does vereinsamen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to grow lonely
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. im Laufe der Zeit mehr auf sich selbst gestellt (einsam) werden/sein; zunehmend weniger soziale Kontakte haben, und das als negativ empfinden, darunter leiden
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 vereinsamen
- vereinsamt present singular third-person
- vereinsamte past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- vereinsamend participle present
- vereinsame first-person indicative present
- vereinsamst indicative present second-person
- vereinsamest second-person singular subjunctive
- vereinsamet plural second-person subjunctive
- vereinsamten first-person indicative plural
- vereinsamtest indicative preterite second-person
- vereinsamtet indicative plural preterite
- vereinsam imperative second-person singular
- vereinsam! imperative singular
- vereinsame! imperative singular
- vereinsamt! imperative plural
- vereinsamt haben auxiliary active infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vereinsamen?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nzaːmən/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nzaːmən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vereinsamen in German?
vereinsamen 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).