verherrlichen
German, verb
verherrlichen is spelled V-E-R-H-E-R-R-L-I-C-H-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 63,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verherrlichen is a German verb meaning “to glorify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verherrlichen is a different word: “gerund of verherrlichen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas (übertrieben) als großartig darstellen; etwas überschwänglich preisen”.
What does verherrlichen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to glorify
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verherrlichen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas (übertrieben) als großartig darstellen; etwas überschwänglich preisen
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 verherrlichen
- verherrlicht present singular third-person
- verherrlichte past
- haben auxiliary
- verherrlichend participle present
- verherrliche first-person indicative present
- verherrlichst indicative present second-person
- verherrlichest second-person singular subjunctive
- verherrlichet plural second-person subjunctive
- verherrlichten first-person indicative plural
- verherrlichtest indicative preterite second-person
- verherrlichtet indicative plural preterite
- verherrlich imperative second-person singular
- habe verherrlicht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verherrlicht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verherrlich! imperative singular
- verherrlicht! imperative plural
- verherrlicht haben active infinitive perfect
- verherrlicht 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 verherrlichen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verherrlichen in German?
verherrlichen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).