verschandeln
German, verb
verschandeln is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-A-N-D-E-L-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschandeln is a German verb meaning “to ruin, to deface, to disfigure (e.g. the look of a person, landscape, city, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschandeln is a different word: “gerund of verschandeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Aussehen von etwas so verändern, dass es hässlich wird (und eine Schande)”.
What does verschandeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto ruin, to deface, to disfigure (e.g. the look of a person, landscape, city, etc.)
Das abgrundtief hässliche Riesengebäude verschandelt die Landschaft.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verschandeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. das Aussehen von etwas so verändern, dass es hässlich wird (und eine Schande)
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 verschandeln
- verschandelt present singular third-person
- verschandelte past
- haben auxiliary
- verschandelnd participle present
- verschandle first-person indicative present
- verschandele first-person indicative present
- verschandel first-person indicative present
- verschandelst indicative present second-person
- verschandelest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschandlest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschandelet plural second-person subjunctive
- verschandlet plural second-person subjunctive
- verschandelten first-person indicative plural
- verschandeltest indicative preterite second-person
- verschandeltet indicative plural preterite
- verschandel! imperative singular
- verschandele! imperative singular
- verschandelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verschandeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschandeln in German?
verschandeln 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).