verschweigen
German, verb
verschweigen is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-W-E-I-G-E-N (12 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 16,125th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschweigen is a German verb meaning “to conceal (to hide something by remaining silent about it), to fail to mention, to keep (information) quiet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschweigen is a different word: “gerund of verschweigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “bewusst nicht sagen oder aussprechen”.
What does verschweigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to conceal (to hide something by remaining silent about it), to fail to mention, to keep (information) quiet
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verschweigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. bewusst nicht sagen oder aussprechen
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 verschweigen
- verschweigt present singular third-person
- verschwieg past
- verschwiegen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- verschweigend participle present
- verschweige first-person indicative present
- verschweigst indicative present second-person
- verschweigest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschweiget plural second-person subjunctive
- verschwiege first-person formal rare
- verschwiegst indicative preterite second-person
- verschwiegt indicative plural preterite
- verschwiegest formal rare second-person
- verschwieget formal plural rare
- verschweig imperative second-person singular
- verschweige! imperative singular
- verschweig! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verschweigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschweigen in German?
verschweigen appears 3.5 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).