verzweigen
German, verb
verzweigen is a German verb meaning “to branch (to produce branches)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verzweigen is a different word: “gerund of verzweigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich in Äste aufteilen, sich in verschiedene Richtungen ausbreiten”.
What does verzweigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to branch (to produce branches)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verzweigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich in Äste aufteilen, sich in verschiedene Richtungen ausbreiten 2. sich in Teilbereiche aufteilen, in Teile zerlegen
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 verzweigen
- verzweigt present singular third-person
- verzweigte past
- haben auxiliary
- verzweigend participle present
- verzweige first-person indicative present
- verzweigst indicative present second-person
- verzweigest second-person singular subjunctive
- verzweiget plural second-person subjunctive
- verzweigten first-person indicative plural
- verzweigtest indicative preterite second-person
- verzweigtet indicative plural preterite
- verzweig imperative second-person singular
- habe verzweigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verzweigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verzweigt haben active infinitive perfect
- zu verzweigen active extended infinitive
- verzweigt zu haben active extended infinitive
- er/sie/es verzweigt third-person singular present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verzweigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verzweigen in German?
verzweigen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).