verweilen
German, verb
verweilen is spelled V-E-R-W-E-I-L-E-N (9 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written German, the 14,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verweilen is a German verb meaning “to stay, dwell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verweilen is a different word: “delay”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “an einem Ort bleiben”.
What does verweilen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stay, dwell
- 2
to hover, linger
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verweilen
- 2
neuterdelay
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. an einem Ort bleiben
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 verweilen
- verweilt present singular third-person
- verweilte past
- haben auxiliary
- verweilend participle present
- verweile first-person indicative present
- verweilst indicative present second-person
- verweilest second-person singular subjunctive
- verweilet plural second-person subjunctive
- verweilten first-person indicative plural
- verweiltest indicative preterite second-person
- verweiltet indicative plural preterite
- verweil imperative second-person singular
- habe verweilt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verweilt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verweile! imperative singular
- verweil! imperative singular
- verweilt! imperative plural
- verweilt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verweilen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verweilen in German?
verweilen appears 4.1 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).