verschlingen
German, verb
verschlingen is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-I-N-G-E-N (12 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 25,938th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschlingen is a German verb meaning “to devour, to swallow up, to eat without chewing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschlingen is a different word: “gerund of verschlingen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(auch übertragen) gierig oder hastig in sich aufnehmen, essen, fressen”.
What does verschlingen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to devour, to swallow up, to eat without chewing
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verschlingen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (auch übertragen) gierig oder hastig in sich aufnehmen, essen, fressen 2. gierig, hingabevoll, ausdauernd mit den Sinnen wahrnehmen, erfassen, lesen
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 verschlingen
- verschlingt present singular third-person
- verschlang past
- verschlungen participle past
- verschlänge past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- verschlingend participle present
- verschlinge first-person indicative present
- verschlingst indicative present second-person
- verschlingest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschlinget plural second-person subjunctive
- verschlangen first-person indicative plural
- verschlängen first-person formal plural
- verschlangst indicative preterite second-person
- verschlangt indicative plural preterite
- verschlängest formal rare second-person
- verschlängst formal rare second-person
- verschlänget formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verschlingen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschlingen in German?
verschlingen appears 1.8 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).