verscheuchen
German, verb
verscheuchen is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-E-U-C-H-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verscheuchen is a German verb meaning “to shoo, to shoo away, to scare away, to drive away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verscheuchen is a different word: “gerund of verscheuchen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(durch Geräusche oder schnelle Bewegungen) vertreiben”.
What does verscheuchen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shoo, to shoo away, to scare away, to drive away
Der Hund verscheuchte die Gänse.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verscheuchen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (durch Geräusche oder schnelle Bewegungen) vertreiben
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 verscheuchen
- verscheucht present singular third-person
- verscheuchte past
- haben auxiliary
- verscheuchend participle present
- verscheuche first-person indicative present
- verscheuchst indicative present second-person
- verscheuchest second-person singular subjunctive
- verscheuchet plural second-person subjunctive
- verscheuchten first-person indicative plural
- verscheuchtest indicative preterite second-person
- verscheuchtet indicative plural preterite
- verscheuch imperative second-person singular
- habe verscheucht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verscheucht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verscheuch! imperative singular
- verscheuche! imperative singular
- verscheucht! imperative plural
- verscheucht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verscheuchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verscheuchen in German?
verscheuchen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).