verschmähen
German, verb
verschmähen is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-M-Ä-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschmähen is a German verb meaning “to scorn, to disdain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschmähen is a different word: “gerund of verschmähen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas nicht für wert genug erachten und deshalb nicht haben wollen”.
What does verschmähen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scorn, to disdain
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verschmähen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas nicht für wert genug erachten und deshalb nicht haben wollen
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 verschmähen
- verschmäht present singular third-person
- verschmähte past
- haben auxiliary
- verschmähend participle present
- verschmähe first-person indicative present
- verschmähst indicative present second-person
- verschmähest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschmähet plural second-person subjunctive
- verschmähten first-person indicative plural
- verschmähtest indicative preterite second-person
- verschmähtet indicative plural preterite
- verschmäh imperative second-person singular
- habe verschmäht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verschmäht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verschmäh! imperative singular
- verschmähe! imperative singular
- verschmäht! imperative plural
- verschmäht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verschmähen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschmähen in German?
verschmähen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).