verscherzen
German, verb
verscherzen is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-E-R-Z-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 82,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verscherzen is a German verb meaning “to squander through foolish behaviour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verscherzen is a different word: “gerund of verscherzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich durch eigene Schuld um etwas bringen, durch eigenes Fehlverhalten etwas verlieren”.
What does verscherzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to squander through foolish behaviour
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verscherzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich durch eigene Schuld um etwas bringen, durch eigenes Fehlverhalten etwas verlieren
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 verscherzen
- verscherzt present singular third-person
- verscherzte past
- haben auxiliary
- verscherzend participle present
- verscherze first-person indicative present
- verscherzest second-person singular subjunctive
- verscherzet plural second-person subjunctive
- verscherzten first-person indicative plural
- verscherztest indicative preterite second-person
- verscherztet indicative plural preterite
- verscherz imperative second-person singular
- habe verscherzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verscherzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verscherz! imperative singular
- verscherze! imperative singular
- verscherzt! imperative plural
- verscherzt haben active infinitive perfect
- verscherzt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verscherzen in German?
verscherzen 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).