verschleppen
German, verb
verschleppen is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-E-P-P-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 58,632nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschleppen is a German verb meaning “to abduct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschleppen is a different word: “gerund of verschleppen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden gegen seinen Willen/gewaltsam/rechtswidrig an einen anderen Ort bringen”.
What does verschleppen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to abduct
- 2
to protract
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verschleppen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden gegen seinen Willen/gewaltsam/rechtswidrig an einen anderen Ort bringen 2. etwas nicht rechtzeitig/nicht so früh wie möglich tun 3. gesundheitliche Probleme nicht hinreichend behandeln lassen
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 verschleppen
- verschleppt present singular third-person
- verschleppte past
- haben auxiliary
- verschleppend participle present
- verschleppe first-person indicative present
- verschleppst indicative present second-person
- verschleppest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschleppet plural second-person subjunctive
- verschleppten first-person indicative plural
- verschlepptest indicative preterite second-person
- verschlepptet indicative plural preterite
- verschlepp imperative second-person singular
- habe verschleppt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verschleppt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verschleppe! imperative singular
- verschleppt! imperative plural
- verschleppt haben active infinitive perfect
- verschleppt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verschleppen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschleppen in German?
verschleppen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).