verkrüppeln
German, verb
verkrüppeln is spelled V-E-R-K-R-Ü-P-P-E-L-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 200,239th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verkrüppeln is a German verb meaning “to cripple” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verkrüppeln is a different word: “gerund of verkrüppeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “verursachen, dass jemand oder etwas die normale Form/Funktionsfähigkeit verliert, zum Krüppel wird”.
What does verkrüppeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cripple
- 2
to become crippled
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verkrüppeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. verursachen, dass jemand oder etwas die normale Form/Funktionsfähigkeit verliert, zum Krüppel wird 2. langsam die normale Form/Funktionsfähigkeit verlieren, zum Krüppel werden, krüppelig werden
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 verkrüppeln
- verkrüppelt present singular third-person
- verkrüppelte past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- verkrüppelnd participle present
- verkrüpple first-person indicative present
- verkrüppele first-person indicative present
- verkrüppel first-person indicative present
- verkrüppelst indicative present second-person
- verkrüppelest second-person singular subjunctive
- verkrüpplest second-person singular subjunctive
- verkrüppelet plural second-person subjunctive
- verkrüpplet plural second-person subjunctive
- verkrüppelten first-person indicative plural
- verkrüppeltest indicative preterite second-person
- verkrüppeltet indicative plural preterite
- verkrüppel! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verkrüppeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verkrüppeln in German?
verkrüppeln appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).