veröden
German, verb
veröden is spelled V-E-R-Ö-D-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Veröden is a German verb meaning “to sclerose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Veröden is a different word: “gerund of veröden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Gefäß, eine Ader von der Blutzufuhr abschneiden”.
What does veröden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sclerose
- 2
to become desolate/stultified
noun
- 1
neutergerund of veröden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Gefäß, eine Ader von der Blutzufuhr abschneiden 2. immer weniger reizvoll/bewachsen/bevölkert werden, zunehmend leer, langweilig und öde werden
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 veröden
- verödet present singular third-person
- verödete past
- haben auxiliary
- verödend participle present
- veröde first-person indicative present
- verödest indicative present second-person
- verödeten first-person indicative plural
- verödetest indicative preterite second-person
- verödetet indicative plural preterite
- veröd imperative second-person singular
- habe verödet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verödet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- veröd! imperative singular
- veröde! imperative singular
- verödet! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
- verödet haben auxiliary active infinitive
- verödet werden auxiliary processual-passive infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is veröden in German?
veröden appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).