verwiegen
German, verb
verwiegen is spelled V-E-R-W-I-E-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written German, the 501,868th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verwiegen is a German verb meaning “to weigh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verwiegen is a different word: “gerund of verwiegen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “beim Feststellen des Gewichts (Wiegen) einen Fehler machen”.
What does verwiegen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to weigh
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verwiegen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. beim Feststellen des Gewichts (Wiegen) einen Fehler machen 2. ein Gewicht feststellen
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 verwiegen
- verwiegt present singular third-person
- verwog past
- verwogen participle past
- verwöge past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 2 strong
- verwiegend participle present
- verwiege first-person indicative present
- verwiegst indicative present second-person
- verwiegest second-person singular subjunctive
- verwieget plural second-person subjunctive
- verwögen first-person formal plural
- verwogst indicative preterite second-person
- verwogt indicative plural preterite
- verwögest formal rare second-person
- verwögst formal rare second-person
- verwöget formal plural rare
- verwögt formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verwiegen in German?
verwiegen appears about once in every 66 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).