werben
German, verb
werben is spelled W-E-R-B-E-N (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Werben is a German verb meaning “to recruit; to enlist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Werben is a different word: “gerund of werben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “bekanntmachen, zum Kauf auffordern”.
What does werben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to recruit; to enlist
- 2
to promote, advertise
- 3
to attract, to woo
noun
- 1
neutergerund of werben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. bekanntmachen, zum Kauf auffordern 2. versuchen, jemand zu einem gewünschten Verhalten zu bewegen 3. (einen potentiellen Partner) 4. anwerben
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 werben
- wirbt present singular third-person
- warb past
- geworben participle past
- würbe past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- werbend participle present
- werbe first-person indicative present
- wirbst indicative present second-person
- werbt indicative plural present
- werbest second-person singular subjunctive
- werbet plural second-person subjunctive
- warben first-person indicative plural
- würben first-person formal plural
- warbst indicative preterite second-person
- warbt indicative plural preterite
- würbest formal rare second-person
- würbst formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to werben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is werben in German?
werben appears 11 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).