verreiben
German, verb
verreiben is spelled V-E-R-R-E-I-B-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verreiben is a German verb meaning “to rub (so as to distribute on a surface)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verreiben is a different word: “gerund of verreiben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(mit kreisenden/reibenden Bewegungen) auf einem Untergrund verteilen”.
What does verreiben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rub (so as to distribute on a surface)
Wenig Öl zwischen den Fingern verreiben.
- 2
to comminute, to levigate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verreiben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (mit kreisenden/reibenden Bewegungen) auf einem Untergrund verteilen
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 verreiben
- verreibt present singular third-person
- verrieb past
- verrieben participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- verreibend participle present
- verreibe first-person indicative present
- verreibst indicative present second-person
- verreibest second-person singular subjunctive
- verreibet plural second-person subjunctive
- verriebe first-person formal rare
- verriebst indicative preterite second-person
- verriebt indicative plural preterite
- verriebest formal rare second-person
- verriebet formal plural rare
- verreib imperative second-person singular
- verreibe! imperative singular
- verreibt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verreiben in German?
verreiben appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).