Verwirkliche

Verwirkliche is a form of the German verb verwirklichen, meaning to realize, actualize, or implement something. The basic use is to indicate turning plans, ideas, or dreams into reality, or making a concept concrete and tangible. The verb is commonly employed with objects such as a dream, a plan, an idea, or a project. For example, man kann sagen: ich verwirkliche meinen Traum, eine eigene Ausstellung zu eröffnen; wir verwirklichen unser Vorhaben Schritt für Schritt.

Etymology and meaning: verwirklichen is a composition with the prefix ver- added to wirk- (from wirklich, real). The result conveys the transition from possibility or intention to real existence. The word is closely related to realisieren and umsetzen, but verwirklichen often emphasizes personal realization or the concrete realization of goals and projects.

Usage notes: verwirklichen is used across contexts from personal ambitions to organizational projects. It is common in business, culture, and self-development discourse. The phrase sich verwirklichen is also used, especially in philosophical or psychological contexts, to describe the process of self-fulfillment or self-actualization.

Grammar: in indicative present, typical forms are ich verwirkliche, du verwirklichst, er verwirklicht, wir verwirklichen, ihr verwirklicht, sie verwirklichen. The form verwirkliche can appear as Konjunktiv I in reported speech, where ich verwirkliche is identical in form to the indicative, though the mood is determined by context.

Related terms include Verwirklichung (the noun form meaning realization or actualization) and synonyms such as realisieren, umsetzen, and verwirklichen.