panschen
German, verb/ˈpanʃən/
panschen is spelled P-A-N-S-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 348,070th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Panschen is a German verb meaning “to adulterate a liquid or substance, especially alcoholic drink, by mixing it with something inferior” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas mischen, verrühren; etwas (meist Flüssigkeit) fälschen, strecken; verschneiden”.
What does panschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to adulterate a liquid or substance, especially alcoholic drink, by mixing it with something inferior
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas mischen, verrühren; etwas (meist Flüssigkeit) fälschen, strecken; verschneiden 2. Flüssigkeit verschütten; verkleckern, verspritzen; planschen; in Flüssigkeiten mit Händen oder Füßen herumwühlen
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 panschen
- panscht present singular third-person
- panschte past
- gepanscht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- panschend participle present
- pansche first-person indicative present
- panschst indicative present second-person
- panschest second-person singular subjunctive
- panschet plural second-person subjunctive
- panschten first-person indicative plural
- panschtest indicative preterite second-person
- panschtet indicative plural preterite
- pansch imperative second-person singular
- habe gepanscht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- pantschen variant
- pansch! imperative singular
- pansche! imperative singular
- panscht! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce panschen?
- /ˈpanʃən/
- [ˈpanʃn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to panschen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is panschen in German?
panschen appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).