verschachteln
German, verb
verschachteln is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-A-C-H-T-E-L-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschachteln is a German verb meaning “to nest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschachteln is a different word: “gerund of verschachteln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas streng hierarchisch, in einander umhüllenden Ebenen aufbauen”.
What does verschachteln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nest
- 2
to interleave
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verschachteln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas streng hierarchisch, in einander umhüllenden Ebenen aufbauen
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 verschachteln
- verschachtelt present singular third-person
- verschachtelte past
- haben auxiliary
- verschachtelnd participle present
- verschachtle first-person indicative present
- verschachtele first-person indicative present
- verschachtel first-person indicative present
- verschachtelst indicative present second-person
- verschachtelest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschachtlest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschachtelet plural second-person subjunctive
- verschachtlet plural second-person subjunctive
- verschachtelten first-person indicative plural
- verschachteltest indicative preterite second-person
- verschachteltet indicative plural preterite
- verschachtel! imperative singular
- verschachtle! imperative singular
- verschachtele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verschachteln in German?
verschachteln appears about once in every 39 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).