verzichten
German, verb
verzichten is spelled V-E-R-Z-I-C-H-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,547th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verzichten is a German verb meaning “to give up, to go without, to live without, to make do without, to do without, to forgo, to dispense with” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verzichten is a different word: “gerund of verzichten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ansprüche auf etwas freiwillig aufgeben; etwas aus seiner freien Entscheidung heraus nicht tun”.
What does verzichten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to give up, to go without, to live without, to make do without, to do without, to forgo, to dispense with
Viele Menschen verzichten gerne auf ihr Auto, wenn der öffentliche Verkehr gut ist.
- 2
to refrain from, to abstain, to renounce, to forswear
auf den Thron verzichten
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verzichten
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Verzicht
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ansprüche auf etwas freiwillig aufgeben; etwas aus seiner freien Entscheidung heraus nicht tun
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 verzichten
- verzichtet present singular third-person
- verzichtete past
- haben auxiliary
- verzichtend participle present
- verzichte first-person indicative present
- verzichtest indicative present second-person
- verzichteten first-person indicative plural
- verzichtetest indicative preterite second-person
- verzichtetet indicative plural preterite
- verzicht imperative second-person singular
- habe verzichtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verzichtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verzichte! imperative singular
- verzichtet! imperative plural
- verzichtet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu verzichten active extended infinitive
- verzichtet zu haben active extended infinitive
- zu verzichtender participle gerundive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verzichten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verzichten in German?
verzichten appears 32 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).