verschanzen
German, verb
verschanzen is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-A-N-Z-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 73,335th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschanzen is a German verb meaning “to barricade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschanzen is a different word: “gerund of verschanzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich zum Schutz in eine Deckung bringen; sich (wie in einer Schanze) befestigen, sich eingraben”.
What does verschanzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to barricade
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verschanzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich zum Schutz in eine Deckung bringen; sich (wie in einer Schanze) befestigen, sich eingraben
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 verschanzen
- verschanzt present singular third-person
- verschanzte past
- haben auxiliary
- verschanzend participle present
- verschanze first-person indicative present
- verschanzest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschanzet plural second-person subjunctive
- verschanzten first-person indicative plural
- verschanztest indicative preterite second-person
- verschanztet indicative plural preterite
- verschanz imperative second-person singular
- habe verschanzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verschanzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verschanz! imperative singular
- verschanzt! imperative plural
- verschanzt haben transitive active infinitive
- verschanzt werden transitive processual-passive infinitive
- verschanzt worden sein transitive processual-passive infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verschanzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschanzen in German?
verschanzen 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).