quetschen
German, verb/ˈkvɛtʃən/
quetschen is spelled Q-U-E-T-S-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quetschen is a German verb meaning “to crush, to pinch (to hurt a body part through pressure from a heavy object)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gegen etwas oder jemanden heftig drücken, pressen”.
What does quetschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crush, to pinch (to hurt a body part through pressure from a heavy object)
Ich habe mir den Daumen in der Tür gequetscht.
- 2
to squeeze (to force into a space beyond its usual capacity)
- 3
to squeeze (to press oneself into or through a tight space)
Sie quetschte sich durch die enge Luke.
- 4
to squeeze oneself (to enter into a space beyond its usual capacity)
Sie haben sich zu siebt ins Auto gequetscht.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. gegen etwas oder jemanden heftig drücken, pressen 2. sich irgendwo, wo es eng ist, hineindrücken 3. durch heftigen Druck innerlich verletzen 4. Karten in den Skat ablegen, drücken
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 quetschen
- quetscht present singular third-person
- quetschte past
- gequetscht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- quetschend participle present
- quetsche first-person indicative present
- quetschst indicative present second-person
- quetschest second-person singular subjunctive
- quetschet plural second-person subjunctive
- quetschten first-person indicative plural
- quetschtest indicative preterite second-person
- quetschtet indicative plural preterite
- quetsch imperative second-person singular
- habe gequetscht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- quetsch! imperative singular
- quetsche! imperative singular
- quetscht! imperative plural
- gequetscht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quetschen?
- /ˈkvɛtʃən/
- [ˈkʰvɛtʃn̩]
- [ˈkvɛt͡ʃn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quetschen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quetschen in German?
quetschen appears 1.2 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).