verfechten
German, verb
verfechten is spelled V-E-R-F-E-C-H-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verfechten is a German verb meaning “to advocate, to defend, to champion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verfechten is a different word: “gerund of verfechten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Auffassung, Meinung, Standpunkt und Anderes vehement vertreten; für etwas energisch eintreten”.
What does verfechten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to advocate, to defend, to champion
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verfechten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Auffassung, Meinung, Standpunkt und Anderes vehement vertreten; für etwas energisch eintreten
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 verfechten
- verficht present singular third-person
- verfocht past
- verfochten participle past
- verföchte past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- verfechtend participle present
- verfechte first-person indicative present
- verfichtst indicative present second-person
- verfechtet indicative plural present
- verfechtest second-person singular subjunctive
- verföchten first-person formal plural
- verfochtest indicative preterite second-person
- verfochtst indicative preterite second-person
- verfochtet indicative plural preterite
- verföchtest formal rare second-person
- verföchtet formal plural rare
- verficht! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verfechten in German?
verfechten appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).