Verve
German, noun/ˈvɛʁvə/
Verve is spelled V-E-R-V-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 58,632nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verve is a German feminine noun meaning “verve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schwung, Begeisterung bei einer Tätigkeit, insbesondere der eines Künstlers”.
What does Verve mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineverve
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schwung, Begeisterung bei einer Tätigkeit, insbesondere der eines Künstlers
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Verve?
- /ˈvɛʁvə/
- /vɛʁf/
- [vɛʁf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Verve
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verve in German?
Verve appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).