verätzen
German, verb[fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛt͡sn̩]
verätzen is a German verb meaning “to (chemically) burn (to hurt or damage with acid or a similarly corrosive material)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Säure einen Schaden verursachen, eine Wunde zufügen”.
What does verätzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to (chemically) burn (to hurt or damage with acid or a similarly corrosive material)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit Säure einen Schaden verursachen, eine Wunde zufügen
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 verätzen
- verätzt present singular third-person
- verätzte past
- haben auxiliary
- verätzend participle present
- verätze first-person indicative present
- verätzest second-person singular subjunctive
- verätzet plural second-person subjunctive
- verätzten first-person indicative plural
- verätztest indicative preterite second-person
- verätztet indicative plural preterite
- verätz imperative second-person singular
- habe verätzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verätzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verätz! imperative singular
- verätze! imperative singular
- verätzt! imperative plural
- verätzt haben active infinitive perfect
- verätzt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verätzen?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is verätzen in German?
verätzen appears about once in every 43 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).