verschönern
German, verb
verschönern is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-Ö-N-E-R-N (11 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,531st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschönern is a German verb meaning “to beautify, to embellish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschönern is a different word: “gerund of verschönern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “so umgestalten, dass etwas attraktiver (schöner) wird”.
What does verschönern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to beautify, to embellish
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verschönern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. so umgestalten, dass etwas attraktiver (schöner) wird
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 verschönern
- verschönert present singular third-person
- verschönerte past
- haben auxiliary
- verschönernd participle present
- verschönre first-person indicative present
- verschönere first-person indicative present
- verschöner first-person indicative present
- verschönerst indicative present second-person
- verschönerest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschönrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschöneret plural second-person subjunctive
- verschönret plural second-person subjunctive
- verschönerten first-person indicative plural
- verschönertest indicative preterite second-person
- verschönertet indicative plural preterite
- verschöner! imperative singular
- verschönere! imperative singular
- verschönert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verschönern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschönern in German?
verschönern appears 1.5 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).