verschimmeln
German, verb/fɛɐ̯ˈʃɪml̩n/
verschimmeln is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-I-M-M-E-L-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschimmeln is a German verb meaning “to go moldy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mehr oder weniger vollständig von Schimmelpilzen besiedelt werden”.
What does verschimmeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to go moldy
- 2
to waste away
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mehr oder weniger vollständig von Schimmelpilzen besiedelt werden
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 verschimmeln
- verschimmelt present singular third-person
- verschimmelte past
- sein auxiliary
- verschimmelnd participle present
- verschimmle first-person indicative present
- verschimmele first-person indicative present
- verschimmel first-person indicative present
- verschimmelst indicative present second-person
- verschimmelest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschimmlest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschimmelet plural second-person subjunctive
- verschimmlet plural second-person subjunctive
- verschimmelten first-person indicative plural
- verschimmeltest indicative preterite second-person
- verschimmeltet indicative plural preterite
- verschimmele! imperative singular
- verschimmle! imperative singular
- verschimmelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verschimmeln?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʃɪml̩n/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɪml̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verschimmeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschimmeln in German?
verschimmeln appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).