verloben
German, verb[fɛɐ̯ˈloːbn̩]
verloben is spelled V-E-R-L-O-B-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 82,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verloben is a German verb meaning “to betroth; to get engaged (optional [with mit (+ dative) ‘someone’])” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem ein Eheversprechen geben”.
What does verloben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to betroth; to get engaged (optional [with mit (+ dative) ‘someone’])
Sie haben sich gerade verlobt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem ein Eheversprechen geben 2. jemanden einem anderen für eine zu schließende Ehe versprechen 3. geloben 4. loben
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 verloben
- verlobt present singular third-person
- verlobte past
- haben auxiliary
- verlobend participle present
- verlobe first-person indicative present
- verlobst indicative present second-person
- verlobest second-person singular subjunctive
- verlobet plural second-person subjunctive
- verlobten first-person indicative plural
- verlobtest indicative preterite second-person
- verlobtet indicative plural preterite
- verlob imperative second-person singular
- habe verlobt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verlobt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verlobe! imperative singular
- verlobt! imperative plural
- verlobt haben transitive active infinitive
- verlobt werden transitive processual-passive infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verloben?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈloːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verloben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verloben in German?
verloben appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).