veranschlagen
German, verb
veranschlagen is spelled V-E-R-A-N-S-C-H-L-A-G-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 74,397th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Veranschlagen is a German verb meaning “to estimate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Veranschlagen is a different word: “gerund of veranschlagen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Wert einer Größe im Voraus abschätzen”.
What does veranschlagen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to estimate
- 2
to reckon
- 3
to assess, appraise
noun
- 1
neutergerund of veranschlagen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den Wert einer Größe im Voraus abschätzen
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 veranschlagen
- veranschlagt present singular third-person
- veranschlagte past
- haben auxiliary
- veranschlagend participle present
- veranschlage first-person indicative present
- veranschlagst indicative present second-person
- veranschlagest second-person singular subjunctive
- veranschlaget plural second-person subjunctive
- veranschlagten first-person indicative plural
- veranschlagtest indicative preterite second-person
- veranschlagtet indicative plural preterite
- veranschlag imperative second-person singular
- habe veranschlagt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben veranschlagt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- veranschlag! imperative singular
- veranschlage! imperative singular
- veranschlagt! imperative plural
- veranschlagt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is veranschlagen in German?
veranschlagen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).