verordnen
German, verb
verordnen is spelled V-E-R-O-R-D-N-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verordnen is a German verb meaning “to prescribe (to order a drug or medical device for use by a particular patient)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verordnen is a different word: “gerund of verordnen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Medikament oder eine Behandlung verschreiben”.
What does verordnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prescribe (to order a drug or medical device for use by a particular patient)
- 2
to prescribe, to decree (to specify as a required procedure or ritual)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verordnen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Medikament oder eine Behandlung verschreiben 2. etwas festlegen
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 verordnen
- verordnet present singular third-person
- verordnete past
- haben auxiliary
- verordnend participle present
- verordne first-person indicative present
- verordnest indicative present second-person
- verordneten first-person indicative plural
- verordnetest indicative preterite second-person
- verordnetet indicative plural preterite
- habe verordnet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verordnet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verordne! imperative singular
- verordnet! imperative plural
- verordnet haben active infinitive perfect
- verordnet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- verordnet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- verordnet sein statal-passive infinitive present
- verordnet gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verordnen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verordnen in German?
verordnen appears 1.0 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).