verheeren
German, verb
verheeren is spelled V-E-R-H-E-E-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 254,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verheeren is a German verb meaning “to devastate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verheeren is a different word: “gerund of verheeren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “verwüsten, zerstören oder vernichten durch Krieg, infolge eines Überfalls eines Heeres, heute auch infolge…”.
What does verheeren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to devastate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verheeren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. verwüsten, zerstören oder vernichten durch Krieg, infolge eines Überfalls eines Heeres, heute auch infolge Naturkatastrophen, zum Beispiel eines Tsunamis, eines Erdbebens oder eines Hurrikans
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 verheeren
- verheert present singular third-person
- verheerte past
- haben auxiliary
- verheerend participle present
- verheere first-person indicative present
- verheerst indicative present second-person
- verheerest second-person singular subjunctive
- verheeret plural second-person subjunctive
- verheerten first-person indicative plural
- verheertest indicative preterite second-person
- verheertet indicative plural preterite
- verheer imperative second-person singular
- habe verheert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verheert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verheere! imperative singular
- verheert! imperative plural
- verheert haben active infinitive perfect
- verheert werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verheeren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verheeren in German?
verheeren appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).