verflachen
German, verb
verflachen is spelled V-E-R-F-L-A-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written German, the 396,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verflachen is a German verb meaning “to flatten (out)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verflachen is a different word: “gerund of verflachen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ebener oder auch niedriger (flacher) machen, als etwas zuvor war”.
What does verflachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to flatten (out)
- 2
to flatten (out)
- 3
to flatten (out)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verflachen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ebener oder auch niedriger (flacher) machen, als etwas zuvor war 2. ebener, niedriger, weniger komplex (flacher) werden, als etwas zuvor war
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 verflachen
- verflacht present singular third-person
- verflachte past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- verflachend participle present
- verflache first-person indicative present
- verflachst indicative present second-person
- verflachest second-person singular subjunctive
- verflachet plural second-person subjunctive
- verflachten first-person indicative plural
- verflachtest indicative preterite second-person
- verflachtet indicative plural preterite
- verflach imperative second-person singular
- verflach! imperative singular
- verflache! imperative singular
- verflacht! imperative plural
- verflacht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verflachen in German?
verflachen appears about once in every 44 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).