verschlampen
German, verb[fɛɐ̯ˈʃlampn̩]
verschlampen is a German verb meaning “to misplace, lose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas durch Nachlässigkeit verlegen und nicht wiederfinden”.
What does verschlampen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto misplace, lose
[auxiliary haben]
- 2
colloquialto become neglected
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas durch Nachlässigkeit verlegen und nicht wiederfinden 2. in einen ungepflegten, unordentlichen Zustand übergehen
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 verschlampen
- verschlampt present singular third-person
- verschlampte past
- sein auxiliary
- haben auxiliary
- sein or haben auxiliary
- verschlampend participle present
- verschlampe first-person indicative present
- verschlampst indicative present second-person
- verschlampest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschlampet plural second-person subjunctive
- verschlampten first-person indicative plural
- verschlamptest indicative preterite second-person
- verschlamptet indicative plural preterite
- verschlamp imperative second-person singular
- verschlampe! imperative singular
- verschlampt! imperative plural
- verschlampt haben auxiliary active infinitive
- verschlampt werden auxiliary processual-passive infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verschlampen?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlampn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is verschlampen in German?
verschlampen appears about once in every 91 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).