gesundschrumpfen
German, verb
gesundschrumpfen is spelled G-E-S-U-N-D-S-C-H-R-U-M-P-F-E-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gesundschrumpfen is a German verb meaning “to downsize, to rightsize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Gesundschrumpfen is a different word: “gerund of gesundschrumpfen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Verkleinerung wieder erfolgreich machen, insbesondere im wirtschaftlichen Sinne”.
What does gesundschrumpfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto downsize, to rightsize
noun
- 1
neutergerund of gesundschrumpfen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch Verkleinerung wieder erfolgreich machen, insbesondere im wirtschaftlichen Sinne
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 gesundschrumpfen
- schrumpft gesund present singular third-person
- schrumpfte gesund past
- gesundgeschrumpft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- gesundschrumpfend participle present
- gesundzuschrumpfen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schrumpfe gesund first-person indicative present
- schrumpfen gesund first-person indicative plural
- schrumpfst gesund indicative present second-person
- schrumpfest gesund second-person singular subjunctive
- schrumpfet gesund plural second-person subjunctive
- schrumpften gesund first-person indicative plural
- schrumpftest gesund indicative preterite second-person
- schrumpftet gesund indicative plural preterite
- schrumpf gesund! imperative singular
- schrumpfe gesund! imperative singular
- schrumpft gesund! imperative plural
- gesundgeschrumpft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is gesundschrumpfen in German?
gesundschrumpfen appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).