verelenden
German, verb
verelenden is spelled V-E-R-E-L-E-N-D-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written German, the 376,420th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verelenden is a German verb meaning “to impoverish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verelenden is a different word: “gerund of verelenden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Armut und sehr schlechte Lebensumstände (Elend) kommen/geraten”.
What does verelenden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to impoverish
das Proletariat verelendet
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verelenden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in Armut und sehr schlechte Lebensumstände (Elend) kommen/geraten
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 verelenden
- verelendet present singular third-person
- verelendete past
- haben auxiliary
- verelendend participle present
- verelende first-person indicative present
- verelendest indicative present second-person
- verelendeten first-person indicative plural
- verelendetest indicative preterite second-person
- verelendetet indicative plural preterite
- verelend imperative second-person singular
- habe verelendet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verelendet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verelend! imperative singular
- verelende! imperative singular
- verelendet! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
- verelendet sein active infinitive perfect
- verelendet gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verelenden in German?
verelenden appears about once in every 40 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).