verkrampfen
German, verb
verkrampfen is spelled V-E-R-K-R-A-M-P-F-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 111,951st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verkrampfen is a German verb meaning “to cramp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verkrampfen is a different word: “gerund of verkrampfen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich fest zusammenziehen (wie in einem Krampf)”.
What does verkrampfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cramp
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verkrampfen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich fest zusammenziehen (wie in einem Krampf) 2. mehr und mehr eine unnatürliche, starre Verhaltensweise zeigen
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 verkrampfen
- verkrampft present singular third-person
- verkrampfte past
- haben auxiliary
- verkrampfend participle present
- verkrampfe first-person indicative present
- verkrampfst indicative present second-person
- verkrampfest second-person singular subjunctive
- verkrampfet plural second-person subjunctive
- verkrampften first-person indicative plural
- verkrampftest indicative preterite second-person
- verkrampftet indicative plural preterite
- verkrampf imperative second-person singular
- habe verkrampft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verkrampft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verkrampf! imperative singular
- verkrampfe! imperative singular
- verkrampft! imperative plural
- verkrampft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verkrampfen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verkrampfen in German?
verkrampfen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).