verzeihen
German, verb
verzeihen is spelled V-E-R-Z-E-I-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written German, the 12,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verzeihen is a German verb meaning “to forgive; to pardon; to excuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verzeihen is a different word: “gerund of verzeihen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem etwas nachsehen”.
What does verzeihen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to forgive; to pardon; to excuse
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verzeihen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem etwas nachsehen
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 verzeihen
- verzeiht present singular third-person
- verzieh past
- verziehen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- verzeihend participle present
- verzeihe first-person indicative present
- verzeihst indicative present second-person
- verzeihest second-person singular subjunctive
- verzeihet plural second-person subjunctive
- verziehe first-person formal rare
- verziehst indicative preterite second-person
- verzieht indicative plural preterite
- verziehest formal rare second-person
- verziehet formal plural rare
- verzeih imperative second-person singular
- verzeihe! imperative singular
- verzeih! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verzeihen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verzeihen in German?
verzeihen appears 5.1 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).