verkörpern
German, verb
verkörpern is spelled V-E-R-K-Ö-R-P-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verkörpern is a German verb meaning “to embody, to represent (as a symbol or sign)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verkörpern is a different word: “gerund of verkörpern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Rolle in einem Werk der darstellenden Kunst spielen”.
What does verkörpern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to embody, to represent (as a symbol or sign)
Der neue Präsident verkörpert einen neuen Geist der Zusammenarbeit.
- 2
to play (a role in theater, a movie, on television, etc.)
Laurence Olivier hat Hamlet 1948 verkörpert.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verkörpern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Rolle in einem Werk der darstellenden Kunst spielen 2. als Person zum Ausdruck bringen 3. in (einem Teil) einer Person zum Ausdruck gebracht 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 verkörpern
- verkörpert present singular third-person
- verkörperte past
- haben auxiliary
- verkörpernd participle present
- verkörpre first-person indicative present
- verkörpere first-person indicative present
- verkörper first-person indicative present
- verkörperst indicative present second-person
- verkörperest second-person singular subjunctive
- verkörprest second-person singular subjunctive
- verkörperet plural second-person subjunctive
- verkörpret plural second-person subjunctive
- verkörperten first-person indicative plural
- verkörpertest indicative preterite second-person
- verkörpertet indicative plural preterite
- verkörper! imperative singular
- verkörpere! imperative singular
- verkörpert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verkörpern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verkörpern in German?
verkörpern appears 1.9 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).