vermessen
German, verb
vermessen is spelled V-E-R-M-E-S-S-E-N (9 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 18,843rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vermessen is a German verb meaning “to measure, to survey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of vermessen. With a capital, Vermessen is a different word: “gerund of vermessen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Entfernungen zwischen Objekten auf einem Stück der Erdoberfläche feststellen und in einem Lageplan nennen”.
What does vermessen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
presumptuous
- 2
daring
verb
- 1
to measure, to survey
- 2
to measure wrong
verb
- 1
past participle of vermessen
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vermessen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. übermäßig ehrgeizig und deshalb riskant
verb: 1. die Entfernungen zwischen Objekten auf einem Stück der Erdoberfläche feststellen und in einem Lageplan nennen 2. unbeabsichtigt fehlerhaft messen 3. die eigenen Grenzen angemessenen Tuns überschreiten
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 vermessen
- vermessener masculine nominative singular
- am vermessensten superlative
- vermessene feminine nominative singular
- vermessenes neuter nominative singular
- vermessenen genitive masculine singular
- vermessenem dative masculine singular
- der vermessene definite includes-article masculine
- die vermessene definite feminine includes-article
- das vermessene definite includes-article neuter
- die vermessenen definite includes-article nominative
- des vermessenen definite genitive includes-article
- der vermessenen definite feminine genitive
- dem vermessenen dative definite includes-article
- vermesse present
- vermisst present
- vermaß past
- vermäße subjunctive-ii
- vermiss! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vermessen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vermessen in German?
vermessen appears 2.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).