verpatzen
German, verb/fɛɐ̯ˈpat͡sn̩/
verpatzen is spelled V-E-R-P-A-T-Z-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 289,823rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verpatzen is a German verb meaning “to botch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch ungeschicktes Verhalten oder schlampige Arbeit verderben”.
What does verpatzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto botch
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch ungeschicktes Verhalten oder schlampige Arbeit verderben
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 verpatzen
- verpatzt present singular third-person
- verpatzte past
- haben auxiliary
- verpatzend participle present
- verpatze first-person indicative present
- verpatzest second-person singular subjunctive
- verpatzet plural second-person subjunctive
- verpatzten first-person indicative plural
- verpatztest indicative preterite second-person
- verpatztet indicative plural preterite
- verpatz imperative second-person singular
- habe verpatzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verpatzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verpatz! imperative singular
- verpatze! imperative singular
- verpatzt! imperative plural
- verpatzt haben active infinitive perfect
- verpatzt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verpatzen?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈpat͡sn̩/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈpat͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verpatzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verpatzen in German?
verpatzen appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).