verwirklichen
German, verb
verwirklichen is spelled V-E-R-W-I-R-K-L-I-C-H-E-N (13 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written German, the 9,700th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verwirklichen is a German verb meaning “to substantiate, realize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verwirklichen is a different word: “gerund of verwirklichen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “von der Theorie in die Realität umsetzen”.
What does verwirklichen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to substantiate, realize
- 2
to materialize
- 3
to achieve, fulfil
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verwirklichen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. von der Theorie in die Realität umsetzen 2. sich ungehindert den eigenen Ideen und Anlagen entsprechend entwickeln 3. sich den innewohnenden Ideen entsprechend in die Realität umsetzen
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 verwirklichen
- verwirklicht present singular third-person
- verwirklichte past
- haben auxiliary
- verwirklichend participle present
- verwirkliche first-person indicative present
- verwirklichst indicative present second-person
- verwirklichest second-person singular subjunctive
- verwirklichet plural second-person subjunctive
- verwirklichten first-person indicative plural
- verwirklichtest indicative preterite second-person
- verwirklichtet indicative plural preterite
- verwirklich imperative second-person singular
- habe verwirklicht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verwirklicht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verwirklich! imperative singular
- verwirkliche! imperative singular
- verwirklicht! imperative plural
- verwirklicht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verwirklichen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verwirklichen in German?
verwirklichen appears 6.8 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).