verschatten
German, verb[fɛɐ̯ˈʃatn̩]
verschatten is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-A-T-T-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written German, the 440,316th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschatten is a German verb meaning “to shade, to cloud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Licht nehmen und dadurch weniger gut sichtbar machen, Schatten schaffen”.
What does verschatten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shade, to cloud
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. das Licht nehmen und dadurch weniger gut sichtbar machen, Schatten schaffen
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 verschatten
- verschattet present singular third-person
- verschattete past
- haben auxiliary
- verschattend participle present
- verschatte first-person indicative present
- verschattest indicative present second-person
- verschatteten first-person indicative plural
- verschattetest indicative preterite second-person
- verschattetet indicative plural preterite
- verschatt imperative second-person singular
- habe verschattet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verschattet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verschatt! imperative singular
- verschatte! imperative singular
- verschattet! imperative plural
- verschattet haben active infinitive perfect
- verschattet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- verschattet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verschatten?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃatn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is verschatten in German?
verschatten appears about once in every 52 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).