Verschärfung
German, noun/fɛʁˈʃɛʁfʊŋ/
Verschärfung is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-Ä-R-F-U-N-G (12 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 16,945th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschärfung is a German feminine noun meaning “tightening, intensification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Veränderung in Richtung schlimmer, schlechter, oder auch restriktiver, einschränkender (schärfer)”.
What does Verschärfung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetightening, intensification
- 2
feminineHoltzmann's law: a sound change whereby Proto-Germanic *jj became ddj in Gothic and ggj in Old Norse, while *ww became ggw in both Gothic and Old Norse.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Veränderung in Richtung schlimmer, schlechter, oder auch restriktiver, einschränkender (schärfer)
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 Verschärfung
- Verschärfungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Verschärfung?
- /fɛʁˈʃɛʁfʊŋ/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁfʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Verschärfung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verschärfung in German?
Verschärfung appears 3.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).