verschlimmern
German, verb
verschlimmern is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-I-M-M-E-R-N (13 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschlimmern is a German verb meaning “to make worse, to worsen, to aggravate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschlimmern is a different word: “gerund of verschlimmern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas schlimmer machen”.
What does verschlimmern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make worse, to worsen, to aggravate
Die Verletzung verschlimmern
- 2
to become worse
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verschlimmern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas schlimmer machen 2. schlimmer 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 verschlimmern
- verschlimmert present singular third-person
- verschlimmerte past
- haben auxiliary
- verschlimmernd participle present
- verschlimmre first-person indicative present
- verschlimmere first-person indicative present
- verschlimmer first-person indicative present
- verschlimmerst indicative present second-person
- verschlimmerest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschlimmrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschlimmeret plural second-person subjunctive
- verschlimmret plural second-person subjunctive
- verschlimmerten first-person indicative plural
- verschlimmertest indicative preterite second-person
- verschlimmertet indicative plural preterite
- verschlimmere! imperative singular
- verschlimmer! imperative singular
- verschlimmert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verschlimmern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschlimmern in German?
verschlimmern appears 1.1 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).