verhindern
German, verb
verhindern is spelled V-E-R-H-I-N-D-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears 58 times per million words in written German, the 1,483rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verhindern is a German verb meaning “to prevent, to inhibit, to keep (something) from happening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verhindern is a different word: “gerund of verhindern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “bewirken, dass etwas nicht geschieht oder dass jemand etwas nicht tun kann”.
What does verhindern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prevent, to inhibit, to keep (something) from happening.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verhindern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. bewirken, dass etwas nicht geschieht oder dass jemand etwas nicht tun kann
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 verhindern
- verhindert present singular third-person
- verhinderte past
- haben auxiliary
- verhindernd participle present
- verhindre first-person indicative present
- verhindere first-person indicative present
- verhinder first-person indicative present
- verhinderst indicative present second-person
- verhinderest second-person singular subjunctive
- verhindrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verhinderet plural second-person subjunctive
- verhindret plural second-person subjunctive
- verhinderten first-person indicative plural
- verhindertest indicative preterite second-person
- verhindertet indicative plural preterite
- verhindere! imperative singular
- verhindert! imperative plural
- verhindert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verhindern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verhindern in German?
verhindern appears 58 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).