schrumpfen
German, verb
schrumpfen is spelled S-C-H-R-U-M-P-F-E-N (10 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,090th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schrumpfen is a German verb meaning “to shrink, become smaller” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schrumpfen is a different word: “gerund of schrumpfen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleiner werden, an Größe verlieren”.
What does schrumpfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shrink, become smaller
- 2
datedto shrivel, wrinkle
- 3
to shrink
noun
- 1
neutergerund of schrumpfen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. kleiner werden, an Größe verlieren 2. geringer werden, schmälern 3. etwas verkleinern
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 schrumpfen
- schrumpft present singular third-person
- schrumpfte past
- geschrumpft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- schrumpfend participle present
- schrumpfe first-person indicative present
- schrumpfst indicative present second-person
- schrumpfest second-person singular subjunctive
- schrumpfet plural second-person subjunctive
- schrumpften first-person indicative plural
- schrumpftest indicative preterite second-person
- schrumpftet indicative plural preterite
- schrumpf imperative second-person singular
- schrumpf! imperative singular
- schrumpfe! imperative singular
- schrumpft! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schrumpfen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schrumpfen in German?
schrumpfen appears 1.9 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).