verdampfen
German, verb
verdampfen is spelled V-E-R-D-A-M-P-F-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verdampfen is a German verb meaning “to evaporate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verdampfen is a different word: “vaporization”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in die Gasphase übertreten”.
What does verdampfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to evaporate
- 2
to vaporize / vaporise
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verdampfen
- 2
neutervaporization
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in die Gasphase übertreten 2. etwas in die Gasphase überführen
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 verdampfen
- verdampft present singular third-person
- verdampfte past
- haben auxiliary
- verdampfend participle present
- verdampfe first-person indicative present
- verdampfst indicative present second-person
- verdampfest second-person singular subjunctive
- verdampfet plural second-person subjunctive
- verdampften first-person indicative plural
- verdampftest indicative preterite second-person
- verdampftet indicative plural preterite
- verdampf imperative second-person singular
- habe verdampft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verdampft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verdampf! imperative singular
- verdampft! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
- verdampft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verdampfen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verdampfen in German?
verdampfen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).