verlanden
German, verb/fɛɐ̯ˈlandən/
verlanden is a German verb meaning “to silt up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Wasserverlust und natürliche Zufuhr von organischen Feststoffen im Laufe der Zeit zu trockenem Land…”.
What does verlanden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to silt up
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch Wasserverlust und natürliche Zufuhr von organischen Feststoffen im Laufe der Zeit zu trockenem Land 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 verlanden
- verlandet present singular third-person
- verlandete past
- sein auxiliary
- verlandend participle present
- verlande first-person indicative present
- verlandest indicative present second-person
- verlandeten first-person indicative plural
- verlandetest indicative preterite second-person
- verlandetet indicative plural preterite
- verland imperative second-person singular
- bin verlandet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind verlandet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verland! imperative singular
- verlande! imperative singular
- verlandet! imperative plural
- verlandet sein active infinitive perfect
- verlandet gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
- zu verlanden active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verlanden?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈlandən/
- /fɛr-/
- [fər-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is verlanden in German?
verlanden appears about once in every 36 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).