verwirken
German, verb
verwirken is spelled V-E-R-W-I-R-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 163,492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verwirken is a German verb meaning “to forfeit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verwirken is a different word: “gerund of verwirken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Privilegien, Ansprüche, Rechte, Vertrauen und Ähnliches durch eigenes Zutun, durch eigene Schuld verlieren”.
What does verwirken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to forfeit
ein Recht verwirken
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verwirken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Privilegien, Ansprüche, Rechte, Vertrauen und Ähnliches durch eigenes Zutun, durch eigene Schuld verlieren
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 verwirken
- verwirkt present singular third-person
- verwirkte past
- haben auxiliary
- verwirkend participle present
- verwirke first-person indicative present
- verwirkst indicative present second-person
- verwirkest second-person singular subjunctive
- verwirket plural second-person subjunctive
- verwirkten first-person indicative plural
- verwirktest indicative preterite second-person
- verwirktet indicative plural preterite
- verwirk imperative second-person singular
- habe verwirkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verwirkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verwirk! imperative singular
- verwirke! imperative singular
- verwirkt! imperative plural
- verwirkt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verwirken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verwirken in German?
verwirken appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).