verzieren
German, verb
verzieren is spelled V-E-R-Z-I-E-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 51,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verzieren is a German verb meaning “to garnish, to adorn, to decorate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verzieren is a different word: “gerund of verzieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Zierrat versehen; mit schmückenden Elementen ausgestalten”.
What does verzieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to garnish, to adorn, to decorate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verzieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit Zierrat versehen; mit schmückenden Elementen ausgestalten
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 verzieren
- verziert present singular third-person
- verzierte past
- haben auxiliary
- verzierend participle present
- verziere first-person indicative present
- verzierst indicative present second-person
- verzierest second-person singular subjunctive
- verzieret plural second-person subjunctive
- verzierten first-person indicative plural
- verziertest indicative preterite second-person
- verziertet indicative plural preterite
- verzier imperative second-person singular
- habe verziert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verziert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verzier! imperative singular
- verziere! imperative singular
- verziert! imperative plural
- verziert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verzieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verzieren in German?
verzieren appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).