Verlauf
German, noun
Verlauf is spelled V-E-R-L-A-U-F (7 letters) and appears 39 times per million words in written German, the 2,154th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verlauf is a German masculine noun meaning “course (of a border, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, verlauf is a different word: “singular imperative of verlaufen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Abfolge von Geschehnissen oder Handlungen”.
What does Verlauf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecourse (of a border, etc.)
- 2
masculinecourse, progress, development
der natürliche Verlauf der Dinge
- 3
masculinelog, history (record of previous user events)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of verlaufen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abfolge von Geschehnissen oder Handlungen 2. Richtung, in der sich etwas hinzieht
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 Verlauf
- Verlaufes genitive
- Verlaufs genitive
- Verläufe plural
- Verlaufe dative singular
- Verläufen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Verlauf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verlauf in German?
Verlauf appears 39 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).