verängstigen
German, verb[fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛŋstɪɡn̩]
verängstigen is spelled V-E-R-Ä-N-G-S-T-I-G-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 144,446th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verängstigen is a German verb meaning “to frighten, to scare, to spook” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einem Lebewesen Angst machen, so dass dieses danach eingeschüchtert ist”.
What does verängstigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to frighten, to scare, to spook
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einem Lebewesen Angst machen, so dass dieses danach eingeschüchtert ist
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 verängstigen
- verängstigt present singular third-person
- verängstigte past
- haben auxiliary
- verängstigend participle present
- verängstige first-person indicative present
- verängstigst indicative present second-person
- verängstigest second-person singular subjunctive
- verängstiget plural second-person subjunctive
- verängstigten first-person indicative plural
- verängstigtest indicative preterite second-person
- verängstigtet indicative plural preterite
- verängstig imperative second-person singular
- habe verängstigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verängstigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verängstig! imperative singular
- verängstige! imperative singular
- verängstigt! imperative plural
- verängstigt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verängstigen?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛŋstɪɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is verängstigen in German?
verängstigen appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).