verballern
German, verb
verballern is spelled V-E-R-B-A-L-L-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 168,023rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verballern is a German verb meaning “to squander (e.g. money, ammunition, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verballern is a different word: “gerund of verballern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Ressource (besonders Geld) nicht sachgerecht, aber zum eigenen Vergnügen, verbrauchen”.
What does verballern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to squander (e.g. money, ammunition, etc.)
- 2
to miss (a shot)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verballern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Ressource (besonders Geld) nicht sachgerecht, aber zum eigenen Vergnügen, verbrauchen 2. neben oder nicht auf das Ziel schießen 3. zu Geld machen
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 verballern
- verballert present singular third-person
- verballerte past
- haben auxiliary
- verballernd participle present
- verballre first-person indicative present
- verballere first-person indicative present
- verballer first-person indicative present
- verballerst indicative present second-person
- verballerest second-person singular subjunctive
- verballrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verballeret plural second-person subjunctive
- verballret plural second-person subjunctive
- verballerten first-person indicative plural
- verballertest indicative preterite second-person
- verballertet indicative plural preterite
- verballer! imperative singular
- verballere! imperative singular
- verballert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verballern in German?
verballern appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).