verpfuschen
German, verb/fɛɐ̯ˈp͡fʊʃn̩/
verpfuschen is spelled V-E-R-P-F-U-S-C-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written German, the 417,697th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verpfuschen is a German verb meaning “to botch, mess up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Nachlässigkeit/Pfusch (oder auch Unvermögen) so falsch machen, dass das Ergebnis nicht zu gebrauchen…”.
What does verpfuschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto botch, mess up
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch Nachlässigkeit/Pfusch (oder auch Unvermögen) so falsch machen, dass das Ergebnis nicht zu gebrauchen ist oder auch die ganze Angelegenheit ein Misserfolg/Scheitern ist
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 verpfuschen
- verpfuscht present singular third-person
- verpfuschte past
- haben auxiliary
- verpfuschend participle present
- verpfusche first-person indicative present
- verpfuschst indicative present second-person
- verpfuschest second-person singular subjunctive
- verpfuschet plural second-person subjunctive
- verpfuschten first-person indicative plural
- verpfuschtest indicative preterite second-person
- verpfuschtet indicative plural preterite
- verpfusch imperative second-person singular
- habe verpfuscht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verpfusch! imperative singular
- verpfusche! imperative singular
- verpfuscht! imperative plural
- verpfuscht haben active infinitive perfect
- verpfuscht werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verpfuschen?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈp͡fʊʃn̩/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈp͡fʊʃn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verpfuschen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verpfuschen in German?
verpfuschen appears about once in every 48 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).