vervielfachen
German, verb
vervielfachen is spelled V-E-R-V-I-E-L-F-A-C-H-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 91,399th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vervielfachen is a German verb meaning “to multiply (to multiply by an unknown or unspecified number)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vervielfachen is a different word: “multiplication”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “um ein Vielfaches vermehren”.
What does vervielfachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to multiply (to multiply by an unknown or unspecified number)
Er vervielfachte die Gewinne der Firma in kürzester Zeit.
- 2
to multiply
Sie vervielfachte den Wert um den Faktor zwei.
- 3
to multiply, to increase significantly
Die Anzahl der Siedler hat sich im Laufe der Jahre vervielfacht.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vervielfachen
- 2
neutermultiplication
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. um ein Vielfaches vermehren 2. multiplizieren
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 vervielfachen
- Vervielfachens genitive
- vervielfacht present singular third-person
- vervielfachte past
- haben auxiliary
- vervielfachend participle present
- vervielfache first-person indicative present
- vervielfachst indicative present second-person
- vervielfachest second-person singular subjunctive
- vervielfachet plural second-person subjunctive
- vervielfachten first-person indicative plural
- vervielfachtest indicative preterite second-person
- vervielfachtet indicative plural preterite
- vervielfach imperative second-person singular
- vervielfach! imperative singular
- vervielfache! imperative singular
- vervielfacht! imperative plural
- vervielfacht haben active infinitive perfect
- vervielfacht werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is vervielfachen in German?
vervielfachen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).