verhexen
German, verb
verhexen is spelled V-E-R-H-E-X-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 293,729th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verhexen is a German verb meaning “to bewitch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verhexen is a different word: “gerund of verhexen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch eine bösgesinnte, meist hässlich aussehende, weibliche Märchen- oder Sagengestalt, welche oft mit einem…”.
What does verhexen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bewitch
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verhexen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch eine bösgesinnte, meist hässlich aussehende, weibliche Märchen- oder Sagengestalt, welche oft mit einem Buckel, einer langen, krummen Nase dargestellt wird, und zauberische Kräfte besitzt verzaubert werden
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 verhexen
- verhext present singular third-person
- verhexte past
- haben auxiliary
- verhexend participle present
- verhexe first-person indicative present
- verhexest second-person singular subjunctive
- verhexet plural second-person subjunctive
- verhexten first-person indicative plural
- verhextest indicative preterite second-person
- verhextet indicative plural preterite
- verhex imperative second-person singular
- habe verhext first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verhext first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verhex! imperative singular
- verhexe! imperative singular
- verhext! imperative plural
- verhext haben active infinitive perfect
- verhext 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 verhexen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verhexen in German?
verhexen appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).