verknusen
German, verb
verknusen is spelled V-E-R-K-N-U-S-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written German, the 571,872nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verknusen is a German verb meaning “to dislike; to not tolerate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verknusen is a different word: “gerund of verknusen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden ausstehen können, eine Sache verarbeiten, bewältigen”.
What does verknusen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto dislike; to not tolerate
Den neuen Direktor auf der Schule kann ich doch gar nicht verknusen!
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verknusen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden ausstehen können, eine Sache verarbeiten, bewältigen
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 verknusen
- verknust present singular third-person
- verknuste past
- haben auxiliary
- verknusend participle present
- verknuse first-person indicative present
- verknusest second-person singular subjunctive
- verknuset plural second-person subjunctive
- verknusten first-person indicative plural
- verknustest indicative preterite second-person
- verknustet indicative plural preterite
- verknus imperative second-person singular
- habe verknust first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verknust first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verknuse! imperative singular
- verknust! imperative plural
- verknust haben active infinitive perfect
- zu verknusen active extended infinitive
- verknust zu haben active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verknusen in German?
verknusen appears about once in every 83 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).