verchromen
German, verb
verchromen is spelled V-E-R-C-H-R-O-M-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written German, the 470,264th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verchromen is a German verb meaning “to chromium-plate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verchromen is a different word: “gerund of verchromen: chromium plating”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einer (dünnen) Schicht aus dem Metall Chrom überziehen”.
What does verchromen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to chromium-plate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verchromen: chromium plating
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit einer (dünnen) Schicht aus dem Metall Chrom überziehen
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 verchromen
- verchromt present singular third-person
- verchromte past
- haben auxiliary
- verchromend participle present
- verchrome first-person indicative present
- verchromst indicative present second-person
- verchromest second-person singular subjunctive
- verchromet plural second-person subjunctive
- verchromten first-person indicative plural
- verchromtest indicative preterite second-person
- verchromtet indicative plural preterite
- verchrom imperative second-person singular
- habe verchromt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verchromt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verchrom! imperative singular
- verchrome! imperative singular
- verchromt! imperative plural
- verchromt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verchromen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verchromen in German?
verchromen appears about once in every 59 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).