verschleiern
German, verb
verschleiern is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-E-I-E-R-N (12 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschleiern is a German verb meaning “to veil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschleiern is a different word: “gerund of verschleiern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “vor etwas einen Schleier geben”.
What does verschleiern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to veil
- 2
to disguise
- 3
to cloud (make obscure)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verschleiern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. vor etwas einen Schleier geben 2. etwas verheimlichen, verbergen 3. sich mit einem Schleier bedecken 4. der Himmel vernebelt sich mit einer Dunstglocke oder Wolken
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 verschleiern
- verschleiert present singular third-person
- verschleierte past
- haben auxiliary
- verschleiernd participle present
- verschleire first-person indicative present
- verschleiere first-person indicative present
- verschleier first-person indicative present
- verschleierst indicative present second-person
- verschleierest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschleirest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschleieret plural second-person subjunctive
- verschleiret plural second-person subjunctive
- verschleierten first-person indicative plural
- verschleiertest indicative preterite second-person
- verschleiertet indicative plural preterite
- verschleiere! imperative singular
- verschleiert! imperative plural
- verschleiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verschleiern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschleiern in German?
verschleiern appears 1.9 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).