vernickeln
German, verb
vernickeln is spelled V-E-R-N-I-C-K-E-L-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written German, the 528,992nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vernickeln is a German verb meaning “to nickel-plate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vernickeln is a different word: “gerund of vernickeln: nickel-plating”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einer Schicht aus dem silberweiß glänzenden Schwermetall Nickel überziehen”.
What does vernickeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nickel-plate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vernickeln: nickel-plating
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit einer Schicht aus dem silberweiß glänzenden Schwermetall Nickel überziehen
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 vernickeln
- vernickelt present singular third-person
- vernickelte past
- haben auxiliary
- vernickelnd participle present
- vernickle first-person indicative present
- vernickele first-person indicative present
- vernickel first-person indicative present
- vernickelst indicative present second-person
- vernickelest second-person singular subjunctive
- vernicklest second-person singular subjunctive
- vernickelet plural second-person subjunctive
- vernicklet plural second-person subjunctive
- vernickelten first-person indicative plural
- vernickeltest indicative preterite second-person
- vernickeltet indicative plural preterite
- vernickel! imperative singular
- vernickele! imperative singular
- vernickelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vernickeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vernickeln in German?
vernickeln appears about once in every 72 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).