verfressen
German, verb/fɛɐ̯ˈfʁɛsn̩/
verfressen is spelled V-E-R-F-R-E-S-S-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 142,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verfressen is a German verb meaning “to gobble up (money)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of verfressen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Essen/Fressen aufbrauchen (insbesondere Geld)”.
What does verfressen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto gobble up (money)
adjective
- 1
greedy
verb
- 1
past participle of verfressen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. durch Essen/Fressen verbraucht (insbesondere Geld) 2. (gierig) große Mengen essend
verb: 1. durch Essen/Fressen aufbrauchen (insbesondere Geld)
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 verfressen
- verfrisst present singular third-person
- verfraß past
- verfräße past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 5 strong
- verfressend participle present
- verfresse first-person indicative present
- verfresst indicative plural present
- verfressest second-person singular subjunctive
- verfresset plural second-person subjunctive
- verfraßen first-person indicative plural
- verfräßen first-person formal plural
- verfraßest indicative preterite second-person
- verfraßt indicative preterite second-person
- verfräßest formal rare second-person
- verfräßt formal rare second-person
- verfräßet formal plural rare
- verfriss imperative second-person singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verfressen?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈfʁɛsn̩/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈfʁɛsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verfressen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verfressen in German?
verfressen 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).