verhehlen
German, verb
verhehlen is spelled V-E-R-H-E-H-L-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 87,510th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verhehlen is a German verb meaning “to conceal, to hide, to dissemble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verhehlen is a different word: “gerund of verhehlen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem etwas (besonders Gefühle und Gedanken) verheimlichen, verbergen”.
What does verhehlen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to conceal, to hide, to dissemble
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verhehlen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem etwas (besonders Gefühle und Gedanken) verheimlichen, verbergen 2. unrechtmäßig erworbene Dinge versteckt halten
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 verhehlen
- verhehlt present singular third-person
- verhehlte past
- haben auxiliary
- verhehlend participle present
- verhehle first-person indicative present
- verhehlst indicative present second-person
- verhehlest second-person singular subjunctive
- verhehlet plural second-person subjunctive
- verhehlten first-person indicative plural
- verhehltest indicative preterite second-person
- verhehltet indicative plural preterite
- verhehl imperative second-person singular
- habe verhehlt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verhehlt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verhehle! imperative singular
- verhehl! imperative singular
- verhehlt! imperative plural
- verhehlt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verhehlen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verhehlen in German?
verhehlen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).