vermitteln
German, verb
vermitteln is spelled V-E-R-M-I-T-T-E-L-N (10 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written German, the 4,037th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vermitteln is a German verb meaning “to mediate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vermitteln is a different word: “gerund of vermitteln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem etwas so erklären, dass er es besser begreifen kann”.
What does vermitteln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mediate
- 2
to convey
- 3
to broker, to supply, to provide
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vermitteln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem etwas so erklären, dass er es besser begreifen kann 2. eine Verbindung herstellen, Angebot und Nachfrage zusammenführen, mit dem Ziel, damit ein Problem zu lösen 3. versuchen, einen Streit zu schlichten oder eine Einigung zu erzielen
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 vermitteln
- vermittelt present singular third-person
- vermittelte past
- haben auxiliary
- vermittelnd participle present
- vermittle first-person indicative present
- vermittele first-person indicative present
- vermittel first-person indicative present
- vermittelst indicative present second-person
- vermittelest second-person singular subjunctive
- vermittlest second-person singular subjunctive
- vermittelet plural second-person subjunctive
- vermittlet plural second-person subjunctive
- vermittelten first-person indicative plural
- vermitteltest indicative preterite second-person
- vermitteltet indicative plural preterite
- vermittle! imperative singular
- vermittel! imperative singular
- vermittele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vermitteln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vermitteln in German?
vermitteln appears 19 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).