verwalten
German, verb
verwalten is spelled V-E-R-W-A-L-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written German, the 13,339th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verwalten is a German verb meaning “to manage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verwalten is a different word: “gerund of verwalten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich auftragsgemäß um etwas kümmern”.
What does verwalten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to manage
- 2
to administer
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verwalten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich auftragsgemäß um etwas kümmern 2. eine Einrichtung, Organisation in eigener Verantwortung leiten 3. ein Amt ausüben
noun: 1. Lenkung und Organisierung sämtlicher Angelegenheiten in einem bestimmten Arbeitsgebiet
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 verwalten
- verwaltet present singular third-person
- verwaltete past
- haben auxiliary
- verwaltend participle present
- verwalte first-person indicative present
- verwaltest indicative present second-person
- verwalteten first-person indicative plural
- verwaltetest indicative preterite second-person
- verwaltetet indicative plural preterite
- verwalt imperative second-person singular
- habe verwaltet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verwaltet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verwalthen obsolete
- verwalte! imperative singular
- verwaltet! imperative plural
- verwaltet haben active infinitive perfect
- verwaltet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- verwaltet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verwalten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verwalten in German?
verwalten appears 4.5 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).