verfüge

Verfüge is the first person singular present indicative form of the German verb verfügen. The infinitive is verfahren? No, verfahren is a different verb. Verfügen means to have at one’s disposal, to arrange or to issue a decree, depending on context. In everyday use, the common sense is possession or control, typically with the preposition über: ich verfüge über etwas.

Most frequent sense: to have at one’s disposal or to possess. Examples: Ich verfüge über ausreichende Mittel. Wir verfügen über eine umfangreiche Bibliothek. In this use, ver fu gen over expresses control or access to resources, information, or properties.

A second, more formal or legal sense is to issue an order, directive, or disposition. In this domain, verfügung is the related noun, and one speaks of eine Verfügung erlassen oder eine Rechtsverfügung. The verb is less often used in this exact sense in everyday speech but appears in formal writing to indicate that an authority has decreed something.

Derivatives and related forms: Verfügbar (available) derives from the same root and describes something that can be disposed of or used. Verfügungsgewalt means the power to dispose of property or assets. Verfassung in law is a different term; the noun Verfügung is the directive or order.

Notes: The typical construction is verfügen über + [Nomen], or simply ich verfüge. The word is neutral and formal; it appears in business, administrative, and legal texts as well as in everyday expressions about having resources at one’s disposal.