verschlechtern
German, verb
verschlechtern is a German verb meaning “to deteriorate (make worse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschlechtern is a different word: “gerund of verschlechtern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “schlechter machen”.
What does verschlechtern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to deteriorate (make worse)
- 2
to worsen; to make worse
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verschlechtern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schlechter machen 2. schlechter werden
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 verschlechtern
- verschlechtert present singular third-person
- verschlechterte past
- haben auxiliary
- verschlechternd participle present
- verschlechtre first-person indicative present
- verschlechtere first-person indicative present
- verschlechter first-person indicative present
- verschlechterst indicative present second-person
- verschlechterest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschlechtrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschlechteret plural second-person subjunctive
- verschlechtret plural second-person subjunctive
- verschlechterten first-person indicative plural
- verschlechtertest indicative preterite second-person
- verschlechtertet indicative plural preterite
- verschlechter! imperative singular
- verschlechtere! imperative singular
- verschlechtert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verschlechtern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschlechtern in German?
verschlechtern appears 1.6 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).