verprassen
German, verb
verprassen is spelled V-E-R-P-R-A-S-S-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 80,178th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verprassen is a German verb meaning “to splurge, to squander” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verprassen is a different word: “gerund of verprassen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Ressource (besonders Geld) nicht sachgerecht, aber zum eigenen Vergnügen, verbrauchen”.
What does verprassen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to splurge, to squander
sein Vermögen verprassen
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verprassen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Ressource (besonders Geld) nicht sachgerecht, aber zum eigenen Vergnügen, verbrauchen
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 verprassen
- verprasst present singular third-person
- verprasste past
- haben auxiliary
- verprassend participle present
- verprasse first-person indicative present
- verprassest second-person singular subjunctive
- verprasset plural second-person subjunctive
- verprassten first-person indicative plural
- verprasstest indicative preterite second-person
- verprasstet indicative plural preterite
- verprass imperative second-person singular
- habe verprasst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verprasst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verprass! imperative singular
- verprasse! imperative singular
- verprasst! imperative plural
- verprasst haben active infinitive perfect
- verprasst werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verprassen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verprassen in German?
verprassen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).