verknöchern
German, verb
verknöchern is spelled V-E-R-K-N-Ö-C-H-E-R-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written German, the 423,336th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verknöchern is a German verb meaning “to ossify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verknöchern is a different word: “gerund of verknöchern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu hartem Material (einem Knochen ähnlich) werden”.
What does verknöchern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ossify
- 2
to become stiff
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verknöchern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zu hartem Material (einem Knochen ähnlich) werden 2. unbeweglich in den (körperlichen,) gedanklichen/geistigen Bewegungen werden
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 verknöchern
- verknöchert present singular third-person
- verknöcherte past
- haben auxiliary
- verknöchernd participle present
- verknöchre first-person indicative present
- verknöchere first-person indicative present
- verknöcher first-person indicative present
- verknöcherst indicative present second-person
- verknöcherest second-person singular subjunctive
- verknöchrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verknöcheret plural second-person subjunctive
- verknöchret plural second-person subjunctive
- verknöcherten first-person indicative plural
- verknöchertest indicative preterite second-person
- verknöchertet indicative plural preterite
- verknöcher! imperative singular
- verknöchere! imperative singular
- verknöchert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verknöchern in German?
verknöchern appears about once in every 49 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).