verdreschen
German, verb[fɛɐ̯ˈdʁɛʃn̩]
verdreschen is spelled V-E-R-D-R-E-S-C-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verdreschen is a German verb meaning “to slug, to thrash, to lambaste, to whale on, to bash up (someone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder ein Tier verprügeln, heftig schlagen”.
What does verdreschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto slug, to thrash, to lambaste, to whale on, to bash up (someone)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden oder ein Tier verprügeln, heftig schlagen
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 verdreschen
- verdrischt present singular third-person
- verdrosch past
- verdroschen participle past
- verdrösche past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- verdreschend participle present
- verdresche first-person indicative present
- verdrischst indicative present second-person
- verdrescht indicative plural present
- verdreschest second-person singular subjunctive
- verdreschet plural second-person subjunctive
- verdröschen first-person formal plural
- verdroschst indicative preterite second-person
- verdroscht indicative plural preterite
- verdröschest formal rare second-person
- verdröschst formal rare second-person
- verdröschet formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verdreschen?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁɛʃn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verdreschen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verdreschen in German?
verdreschen appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).