verschalten
German, verb
verschalten is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-A-L-T-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 297,534th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschalten is a German verb meaning “to connect by switches” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschalten is a different word: “gerund of verschalten”.
What does verschalten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to connect by switches
- 2
to use or select a wrong switch, gear, etc.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verschalten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of verschalten
- verschaltet present singular third-person
- verschaltete past
- haben auxiliary
- verschaltend participle present
- verschalte first-person indicative present
- verschaltest indicative present second-person
- verschalteten first-person indicative plural
- verschaltetest indicative preterite second-person
- verschaltetet indicative plural preterite
- verschalt imperative second-person singular
- habe verschaltet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verschaltet first-person indicative multiword-construction
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verschalten in German?
verschalten appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).