verheddern
German, verb/feʁˈhɛdəʁn/
verheddern is spelled V-E-R-H-E-D-D-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verheddern is a German verb meaning “to entangle something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Unordnung schaffen, die sich nur schwierig wieder beseitigen lässt”.
What does verheddern mean in English?
verb
- 1
rareto entangle something
- 2
to become entangled
- 3
to get stuck, confused (especially in speech), to get into a muddle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Unordnung schaffen, die sich nur schwierig wieder beseitigen lässt 2. sich (in etwas) verwickeln, verrennen, verfangen, (irgendwo) hängen bleiben 3. aus dem Sprachfluss kommen, an einer Textstelle wiederholt stocken
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 verheddern
- verheddert present singular third-person
- verhedderte past
- haben auxiliary
- verheddernd participle present
- verheddre first-person indicative present
- verheddere first-person indicative present
- verhedder first-person indicative present
- verhedderst indicative present second-person
- verhedderest second-person singular subjunctive
- verheddrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verhedderet plural second-person subjunctive
- verheddret plural second-person subjunctive
- verhedderten first-person indicative plural
- verheddertest indicative preterite second-person
- verheddertet indicative plural preterite
- verheddere! imperative singular
- verhedder! imperative singular
- verheddert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verheddern?
- /feʁˈhɛdəʁn/
- [fɐˈhɛ.dɐn]
- [fɛɐ̯-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verheddern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verheddern in German?
verheddern appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).