verkleinern
German, verb
verkleinern is spelled V-E-R-K-L-E-I-N-E-R-N (11 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verkleinern is a German verb meaning “to make smaller” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verkleinern is a different word: “gerund of verkleinern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Größe von etwas verringern”.
What does verkleinern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make smaller
- 2
to become smaller
- 3
to diminish
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verkleinern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Größe von etwas verringern 2. die Menge/Anzahl von etwas verringern 3. kleiner als das Original erscheinen lassen 4. sich mit weniger Platz arrangieren
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 verkleinern
- verkleinert present singular third-person
- verkleinerte past
- haben auxiliary
- verkleinernd participle present
- verkleinre first-person indicative present
- verkleinere first-person indicative present
- verkleiner first-person indicative present
- verkleinerst indicative present second-person
- verkleinerest second-person singular subjunctive
- verkleinrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verkleineret plural second-person subjunctive
- verkleinret plural second-person subjunctive
- verkleinerten first-person indicative plural
- verkleinertest indicative preterite second-person
- verkleinertet indicative plural preterite
- verkleinen variant archaic
- verkleinere! imperative singular
- verkleinert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verkleinern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verkleinern in German?
verkleinern appears 1.7 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).