verhungern
German, verb
verhungern is spelled V-E-R-H-U-N-G-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written German, the 13,580th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verhungern is a German verb meaning “to starve to death” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verhungern is a different word: “gerund of verhungern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “aufgrund von Nahrungsmangel sterben”.
What does verhungern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to starve to death
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verhungern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aufgrund von Nahrungsmangel sterben
noun: 1. Sterben aufgrund von Nahrungsmangel
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 verhungern
- verhungert present singular third-person
- verhungerte past
- sein auxiliary
- verhungernd participle present
- verhungre first-person indicative present
- verhungere first-person indicative present
- verhunger first-person indicative present
- verhungerst indicative present second-person
- verhungerest second-person singular subjunctive
- verhungrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verhungeret plural second-person subjunctive
- verhungret plural second-person subjunctive
- verhungerten first-person indicative plural
- verhungertest indicative preterite second-person
- verhungertet indicative plural preterite
- verhungere! imperative singular
- verhunger! imperative singular
- verhungre! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verhungern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verhungern in German?
verhungern appears 4.4 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).