verwinden
German, verb
verwinden is spelled V-E-R-W-I-N-D-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verwinden is a German verb meaning “to get over, to cope with, to overcome (a loss, trauma, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verwinden is a different word: “gerund of verwinden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “psychisch über etwas hinwegkommen”.
What does verwinden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to get over, to cope with, to overcome (a loss, trauma, etc.)
Auch nach drei Jahren hat er die Trennung von seiner Frau nicht verwunden.
- 2
archaicto overcome, to defeat
- 3
datedrareto twist out of shape, to warp
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verwinden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. psychisch über etwas hinwegkommen
verb: 1. einen Körper durch ein Drehmoment verformen
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 verwinden
- verwindet present singular third-person
- verwand past
- verwunden participle past
- verwände past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- verwindend participle present
- verwinde first-person indicative present
- verwindest indicative present second-person
- verwanden first-person indicative plural
- verwänden first-person formal plural
- verwandest indicative preterite second-person
- verwandst indicative preterite second-person
- verwandet indicative plural preterite
- verwändest formal rare second-person
- verwändet formal plural rare
- verwind imperative second-person singular
- verwinde! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verwinden in German?
verwinden appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).