vermeinen
German, verb/fɛɐ̯ˈmaɪ̯nən/
vermeinen is spelled V-E-R-M-E-I-N-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written German, the 376,420th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vermeinen is a German verb meaning “to suppose, believe, imagine something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(irrtümlich) glauben”.
What does vermeinen mean in English?
verb
- 1
datedto suppose, believe, imagine something
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (irrtümlich) glauben
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 vermeinen
- vermeint present singular third-person
- vermeinte past
- haben auxiliary
- vermeinend participle present
- vermeine first-person indicative present
- vermeinst indicative present second-person
- vermeinest second-person singular subjunctive
- vermeinet plural second-person subjunctive
- vermeinten first-person indicative plural
- vermeintest indicative preterite second-person
- vermeintet indicative plural preterite
- vermein imperative second-person singular
- habe vermeint first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben vermeint first-person indicative multiword-construction
- vermeine! imperative singular
- vermein! imperative singular
- vermeint! imperative plural
- vermeint haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vermeinen?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈmaɪ̯nən/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈmaɪ̯nən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vermeinen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vermeinen in German?
vermeinen appears about once in every 40 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).