verletzen
German, verb
verletzen is spelled V-E-R-L-E-T-Z-E-N (9 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verletzen is a German verb meaning “to hurt, to injure (cause bodily harm to someone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verletzen is a different word: “gerund of verletzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden physisch (auch lebensgefährlich oder tödlich) verwunden”.
What does verletzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hurt, to injure (cause bodily harm to someone)
- 2
to hurt (someone's feelings)
- 3
to hurt oneself, to sustain an injury (in the process of an activity)
Er hat sich bei einem Sturz verletzt.
- 4
to violate (rules, laws, etc.)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verletzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden physisch (auch lebensgefährlich oder tödlich) verwunden 2. jemandem psychische Wunden zufügen, jemanden kränken 3. etwas (eine Grenze, ein Gesetz) übertreten, nicht einhalten, nicht beachten
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 verletzen
- verletzt present singular third-person
- verletzte past
- haben auxiliary
- verletzend participle present
- verletze first-person indicative present
- verletzest second-person singular subjunctive
- verletzet plural second-person subjunctive
- verletzten first-person indicative plural
- verletztest indicative preterite second-person
- verletztet indicative plural preterite
- verletz imperative second-person singular
- habe verletzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verletzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verletze! imperative singular
- verletzt! imperative plural
- verletzt haben active infinitive perfect
- verletzt werden processual-passive infinitive present
- verletzt worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verletzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verletzen in German?
verletzen appears 11 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).