verkohlen
German, verb
verkohlen is spelled V-E-R-K-O-H-L-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 165,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verkohlen is a German verb meaning “to char” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verkohlen is a different word: “gerund of verkohlen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu einer schwarzen Substanz werden, die der Kohle ähnelt”.
What does verkohlen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to char
- 2
to char
- 3
to carbonize
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verkohlen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zu einer schwarzen Substanz werden, die der Kohle ähnelt 2. ein Material durch Verbrennen zu Kohle oder einer der Kohle ähnlichen Substanz machen
verb: 1. jemanden zum Spaß hereinlegen
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 verkohlen
- verkohlt present singular third-person
- verkohlte past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- verkohlend participle present
- verkohle first-person indicative present
- verkohlst indicative present second-person
- verkohlest second-person singular subjunctive
- verkohlet plural second-person subjunctive
- verkohlten first-person indicative plural
- verkohltest indicative preterite second-person
- verkohltet indicative plural preterite
- verkohl imperative second-person singular
- verkohl! imperative singular
- verkohle! imperative singular
- verkohlt! imperative plural
- verkohlt haben auxiliary active infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verkohlen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verkohlen in German?
verkohlen appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).