Verschiebung
German, noun[fɛɐ̯ˈʃiːbʊŋ]
Verschiebung is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-I-E-B-U-N-G (12 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written German, the 13,123rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschiebung is a German feminine noun meaning “delay, deferral, deferment, postponement, suspension, adjournment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Verschieben oder Verschobenwerden”.
What does Verschiebung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedelay, deferral, deferment, postponement, suspension, adjournment
- 2
feminineshift, displacement, offset, relocation, transfer, translation
- 3
feminineshift
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Verschieben oder Verschobenwerden 2. die Verlegung 3. mechanische Translation 4. Vorgang, durch den seelische Energie, mit der bestimmte unbewusste Vorstellungsrepräsentanzen besetzt sind an eine andere Besetzung abgegeben wird.
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 Verschiebung
- Verschiebungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Verschiebung?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃiːbʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Verschiebung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verschiebung in German?
Verschiebung appears 4.6 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).