verringern
German, verb
verringern is spelled V-E-R-R-I-N-G-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written German, the 9,162nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verringern is a German verb meaning “to abate, to reduce, to lessen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verringern is a different word: “gerund of verringern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas kleiner, weniger machen”.
What does verringern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to abate, to reduce, to lessen
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verringern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas kleiner, weniger machen 2. kleiner, weniger 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 verringern
- verringert present singular third-person
- verringerte past
- haben auxiliary
- verringernd participle present
- verringre first-person indicative present
- verringere first-person indicative present
- verringer first-person indicative present
- verringerst indicative present second-person
- verringerest second-person singular subjunctive
- verringrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verringeret plural second-person subjunctive
- verringret plural second-person subjunctive
- verringerten first-person indicative plural
- verringertest indicative preterite second-person
- verringertet indicative plural preterite
- verringere! imperative singular
- verringert! imperative plural
- verringert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verringern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verringern in German?
verringern appears 7.2 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).