verleugnen
German, verb
verleugnen is spelled V-E-R-L-E-U-G-N-E-N (10 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 25,938th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verleugnen is a German verb meaning “to renege, repudiate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verleugnen is a different word: “gerund of verleugnen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “absichtlich sich nicht zu einem tatsächlichen Sachverhalt bekennen”.
What does verleugnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to renege, repudiate
- 2
to disown (a child, friend etc.)
- 3
to pretend one isn't there
- 4
to hide one's true self or convictions
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verleugnen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. absichtlich sich nicht zu einem tatsächlichen Sachverhalt bekennen
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 verleugnen
- verleugnet present singular third-person
- verleugnete past
- haben auxiliary
- verleugnend participle present
- verleugne first-person indicative present
- verleugnest indicative present second-person
- verleugneten first-person indicative plural
- verleugnetest indicative preterite second-person
- verleugnetet indicative plural preterite
- habe verleugnet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verleugnet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verleugne! imperative singular
- verleugnet! imperative plural
- verleugnet haben active infinitive perfect
- verleugnet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- verleugnet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- verleugnet sein statal-passive infinitive present
- verleugnet gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verleugnen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verleugnen in German?
verleugnen appears 1.8 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).