verwittern
German, verb
verwittern is spelled V-E-R-W-I-T-T-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 200,239th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verwittern is a German verb meaning “to erode” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verwittern is a different word: “gerund of verwittern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch die Einflüsse des Wetters (der Witterung) allmählich zerfallen”.
What does verwittern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to erode
- 2
to overhaul the smell of a place to lure or scare wild animals
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verwittern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch die Einflüsse des Wetters (der Witterung) allmählich zerfallen 2. mit einem Geruch (Witterung) einstreichen, damit das Wild getäuscht wird
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 verwittern
- verwittert present singular third-person
- verwitterte past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- verwitternd participle present
- verwittre first-person indicative present
- verwittere first-person indicative present
- verwitter first-person indicative present
- verwitterst indicative present second-person
- verwitterest second-person singular subjunctive
- verwittrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verwitteret plural second-person subjunctive
- verwittret plural second-person subjunctive
- verwitterten first-person indicative plural
- verwittertest indicative preterite second-person
- verwittertet indicative plural preterite
- verwitter! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verwittern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verwittern in German?
verwittern appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).