verstärken
German, verb
verstärken is spelled V-E-R-S-T-Ä-R-K-E-N (10 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written German, the 8,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verstärken is a German verb meaning “to reinforce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verstärken is a different word: “gerund of verstärken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “stärker, belastbarer machen”.
What does verstärken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reinforce
- 2
to amplify
- 3
to penetrate
- 4
to grow stronger
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verstärken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. stärker, belastbarer machen 2. intensiver werden 3. zahlenmäßig vergrößern
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 verstärken
- verstärkt present singular third-person
- verstärkte past
- haben auxiliary
- verstärkend participle present
- verstärke first-person indicative present
- verstärkst indicative present second-person
- verstärkest second-person singular subjunctive
- verstärket plural second-person subjunctive
- verstärkten first-person indicative plural
- verstärktest indicative preterite second-person
- verstärktet indicative plural preterite
- verstärk imperative second-person singular
- habe verstärkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verstärkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verstärk! imperative singular
- verstärke! imperative singular
- verstärkt! imperative plural
- verstärkt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verstärken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verstärken in German?
verstärken appears 8.1 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).