verkapseln
German, verb
verkapseln is spelled V-E-R-K-A-P-S-E-L-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written German, the 515,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verkapseln is a German verb meaning “to encapsulate, to enclose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verkapseln is a different word: “gerund of verkapseln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “um sich herum eine feste Hülle (Kapsel) bilden”.
What does verkapseln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to encapsulate, to enclose
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verkapseln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. um sich herum eine feste Hülle (Kapsel) bilden 2. etwas in eine feste Hülle/Kapsel legen/einfüllen 3. sich von der Umwelt absondern und als Einzelgänger leben 4. den überstehenden Korken mit einem Verschluss aus Zinn, einer Zinnkapsel, versehen
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 verkapseln
- verkapselt present singular third-person
- verkapselte past
- haben auxiliary
- verkapselnd participle present
- verkapsle first-person indicative present
- verkapsele first-person indicative present
- verkapsel first-person indicative present
- verkapselst indicative present second-person
- verkapselest second-person singular subjunctive
- verkapslest second-person singular subjunctive
- verkapselet plural second-person subjunctive
- verkapslet plural second-person subjunctive
- verkapselten first-person indicative plural
- verkapseltest indicative preterite second-person
- verkapseltet indicative plural preterite
- verkapsel! imperative singular
- verkapsele! imperative singular
- verkapselt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verkapseln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verkapseln in German?
verkapseln appears about once in every 69 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).