verheben
German, verb
verheben is spelled V-E-R-H-E-B-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 309,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verheben is a German verb meaning “to hurt oneself by lifting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verheben is a different word: “gerund of verheben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas ungeschickt oder falsch heben und sich damit selbst schaden”.
What does verheben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hurt oneself by lifting
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verheben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas ungeschickt oder falsch heben und sich damit selbst schaden 2. sich eine zu anspruchsvolle Aufgabe vornehmen und daran scheitern
verb: 1. etwas zurückhalten / aushalten können
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 verheben
- verhebt present singular third-person
- verhob past
- verhub archaic past
- verhoben participle past
- verhöbe past subjunctive
- verhübe archaic past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- verhebend participle present
- verhebe first-person indicative present
- verhebst indicative present second-person
- verhebest second-person singular subjunctive
- verhebet plural second-person subjunctive
- verhuben archaic first-person indicative
- verhöben first-person formal plural
- verhüben archaic first-person formal
- verhobst indicative preterite second-person
- verhubst archaic indicative preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verheben in German?
verheben appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).