verfeinern
German, verb
verfeinern is spelled V-E-R-F-E-I-N-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verfeinern is a German verb meaning “to improve, to refine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verfeinern is a different word: “gerund of verfeinern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas in seiner Qualität anheben, zum Beispiel, indem es besser auf das Ziel oder ein Optimum abgestimmt wird”.
What does verfeinern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to improve, to refine
Der hinzugefügte Wein verfeinert die Soße.
- 2
to improve, to become better
Ihre Technik wird sich mit der Übung verfeinern.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verfeinern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas in seiner Qualität anheben, zum Beispiel, indem es besser auf das Ziel oder ein Optimum abgestimmt wird 2. an Qualität gewinnen
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 verfeinern
- verfeinert present singular third-person
- verfeinerte past
- haben auxiliary
- verfeinernd participle present
- verfeinre first-person indicative present
- verfeinere first-person indicative present
- verfeiner first-person indicative present
- verfeinerst indicative present second-person
- verfeinerest second-person singular subjunctive
- verfeinrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verfeineret plural second-person subjunctive
- verfeinret plural second-person subjunctive
- verfeinerten first-person indicative plural
- verfeinertest indicative preterite second-person
- verfeinertet indicative plural preterite
- verfeiner! imperative singular
- verfeinere! imperative singular
- verfeinert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verfeinern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verfeinern in German?
verfeinern appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).