verschlüsseln
German, verb
verschlüsseln is a German verb meaning “to encrypt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschlüsseln is a different word: “gerund of verschlüsseln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Nachricht so verändern, dass sie nur noch verstanden werden kann, wenn man die Maßnahmen (den Code)…”.
What does verschlüsseln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to encrypt
- 2
to code, to summarize in a category according to a classification system
Diagnosenverschlüsselung
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verschlüsseln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Nachricht so verändern, dass sie nur noch verstanden werden kann, wenn man die Maßnahmen (den Code) kennt, mit denen sie verändert wurde
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 verschlüsseln
- verschlüsselt present singular third-person
- verschlüsselte past
- haben auxiliary
- verschlüsselnd participle present
- verschlüssle first-person indicative present
- verschlüssele first-person indicative present
- verschlüssel first-person indicative present
- verschlüsselst indicative present second-person
- verschlüsselest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschlüsslest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschlüsselet plural second-person subjunctive
- verschlüsslet plural second-person subjunctive
- verschlüsselten first-person indicative plural
- verschlüsseltest indicative preterite second-person
- verschlüsseltet indicative plural preterite
- verschlüssle! imperative singular
- verschlüssele! imperative singular
- verschlüsselt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verschlüsseln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschlüsseln in German?
verschlüsseln appears 1.0 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).