verwenden
German, verb
verwenden is spelled V-E-R-W-E-N-D-E-N (9 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written German, the 1,972nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verwenden is a German verb meaning “to use, to employ, to apply” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verwenden is a different word: “gerund of verwenden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas benutzen, zu einem bestimmten Zweck einsetzen”.
What does verwenden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to use, to employ, to apply
- 2
to make expenses applied on a material object
- 3
to intercede
Ich verwende mich bei ihm für dich.
- 4
obsoleteto turn away
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verwenden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas benutzen, zu einem bestimmten Zweck einsetzen 2. sich um jemandes Interessen kümmern
noun: 1. das Benutzen einer Sache
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 verwenden
- verwendet present singular third-person
- verwendete past
- verwandte past
- verwandt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- verwendend participle present
- verwende first-person indicative present
- verwendest indicative present second-person
- verwendeten first-person indicative plural
- verwandten first-person indicative plural
- verwendetest indicative preterite second-person
- verwandtest indicative preterite second-person
- verwendetet indicative plural preterite
- verwandtet indicative plural preterite
- verwende! imperative singular
- verwendet! imperative plural
- verwendet haben regular active infinitive
- verwendet werden regular processual-passive infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verwenden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verwenden in German?
verwenden appears 43 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).