verkleiden
German, verb
verkleiden is spelled V-E-R-K-L-E-I-D-E-N (10 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verkleiden is a German verb meaning “to dress up, to disguise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verkleiden is a different word: “gerund of verkleiden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich mit einem Kostüm versehen; kostümieren; formelle Kleidung anziehen”.
What does verkleiden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dress up, to disguise
- 2
to cover, to panel
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verkleiden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich mit einem Kostüm versehen; kostümieren; formelle Kleidung anziehen 2. mit einer verhüllenden Schicht oder Blende bedecken; verdecken, verhüllen
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 verkleiden
- verkleidet present singular third-person
- verkleidete past
- haben auxiliary
- verkleidend participle present
- verkleide first-person indicative present
- verkleidest indicative present second-person
- verkleideten first-person indicative plural
- verkleidetest indicative preterite second-person
- verkleidetet indicative plural preterite
- verkleid imperative second-person singular
- habe verkleidet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verkleidet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verkleide! imperative singular
- verkleidet! imperative plural
- verkleidet haben active infinitive perfect
- verkleidet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- verkleidet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- verkleidet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verkleiden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verkleiden in German?
verkleiden appears 2.2 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).