versaufen
German, verb
versaufen is spelled V-E-R-S-A-U-F-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Versaufen is a German verb meaning “to spend on drinking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Versaufen is a different word: “gerund of versaufen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu Geld machen und davon Alkohol kaufen, den man selbst trinkt”.
What does versaufen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto spend on drinking
- 2
colloquialto drown
noun
- 1
neutergerund of versaufen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zu Geld machen und davon Alkohol kaufen, den man selbst trinkt 2. im Wasser zu Tode kommen, ertrinken 3. voller Wasser sein/werden
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 versaufen
- versäuft present singular third-person
- versoff past
- versoffen participle past
- versöffe past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 2 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- versaufend participle present
- versaufe first-person indicative present
- versäufst indicative present second-person
- versauft indicative plural present
- versaufest second-person singular subjunctive
- versaufet plural second-person subjunctive
- versöffen first-person formal plural
- versoffst indicative preterite second-person
- versofft indicative plural preterite
- versöffest formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is versaufen in German?
versaufen appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).