verhetzen
German, verb
verhetzen is spelled V-E-R-H-E-T-Z-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 264,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verhetzen is a German verb meaning “to incite (hate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verhetzen is a different word: “gerund of verhetzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit beleidigenden Anfeindungen (Hetze) dazu führen, dass Hass empfunden wird”.
What does verhetzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to incite (hate)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verhetzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit beleidigenden Anfeindungen (Hetze) dazu führen, dass Hass empfunden wird 2. mit Hunden verfolgen
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 verhetzen
- verhetzt present singular third-person
- verhetzte past
- haben auxiliary
- verhetzend participle present
- verhetze first-person indicative present
- verhetzest second-person singular subjunctive
- verhetzet plural second-person subjunctive
- verhetzten first-person indicative plural
- verhetztest indicative preterite second-person
- verhetztet indicative plural preterite
- verhetz imperative second-person singular
- habe verhetzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verhetzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verhetz! imperative singular
- verhetze! imperative singular
- verhetzt! imperative plural
- verhetzt haben active infinitive perfect
- verhetzt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verhetzen in German?
verhetzen appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).