vermeiden
German, verb
vermeiden is spelled V-E-R-M-E-I-D-E-N (9 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written German, the 2,344th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vermeiden is a German verb meaning “to avoid (something happening, doing something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vermeiden is a different word: “gerund of vermeiden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas wenn möglich nicht tun; so handeln, dass etwas möglichst nicht passiert”.
What does vermeiden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to avoid (something happening, doing something)
Ich möchte vermeiden, denselben Fehler noch einmal zu machen.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vermeiden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas wenn möglich nicht tun; so handeln, dass etwas möglichst nicht passiert
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 vermeiden
- vermeidet present singular third-person
- vermied past
- vermieden participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- vermeidend participle present
- vermeide first-person indicative present
- vermeidest indicative present second-person
- vermiede first-person formal rare
- vermiedest indicative preterite second-person
- vermiedst indicative preterite second-person
- vermiedet indicative plural preterite
- vermeid imperative second-person singular
- vermeide! imperative singular
- vermeidet! imperative plural
- vermieden haben active infinitive perfect
- vermieden werden processual-passive infinitive present
- vermieden 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 vermeiden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vermeiden in German?
vermeiden appears 35 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).