vermindern
German, verb
vermindern is spelled V-E-R-M-I-N-D-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,978th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vermindern is a German verb meaning “to reduce, decrease, shrink, diminish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vermindern is a different word: “gerund of vermindern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleiner/weniger/geringer machen”.
What does vermindern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reduce, decrease, shrink, diminish
- 2
to alleviate, lessen, ease
- 3
to deplete
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vermindern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. kleiner/weniger/geringer machen
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 vermindern
- vermindert present singular third-person
- verminderte past
- haben auxiliary
- vermindernd participle present
- vermindre first-person indicative present
- vermindere first-person indicative present
- verminder first-person indicative present
- verminderst indicative present second-person
- verminderest second-person singular subjunctive
- vermindrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verminderet plural second-person subjunctive
- vermindret plural second-person subjunctive
- verminderten first-person indicative plural
- vermindertest indicative preterite second-person
- vermindertet indicative plural preterite
- verminder! imperative singular
- vermindert! imperative plural
- vermindert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vermindern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vermindern in German?
vermindern appears 1.5 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).