verklären
German, verb
verklären is spelled V-E-R-K-L-Ä-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 91,399th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verklären is a German verb meaning “to glorify, exalt, transfigure, romanticize, mythify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verklären is a different word: “gerund of verklären”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “schöner, besser erscheinen”.
What does verklären mean in English?
verb
- 1
to glorify, exalt, transfigure, romanticize, mythify
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verklären
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schöner, besser erscheinen 2. einen glücklichen Ausdruck bekommen 3. idealisiert darstellen, die negativen Seiten übersehen
verb: 1. erklären; jemandem etwas klar werden lassen, so dass er es wirklich begreift
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 verklären
- verklärt present singular third-person
- verklärte past
- haben auxiliary
- verklärend participle present
- verkläre first-person indicative present
- verklärst indicative present second-person
- verklärest second-person singular subjunctive
- verkläret plural second-person subjunctive
- verklärten first-person indicative plural
- verklärtest indicative preterite second-person
- verklärtet indicative plural preterite
- verklär imperative second-person singular
- habe verklärt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verklärt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verkläre! imperative singular
- verklär! imperative singular
- verklärt! imperative plural
- verklärt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verklären
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verklären in German?
verklären appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).