verschmutzen
German, verb
verschmutzen is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-M-U-T-Z-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 63,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschmutzen is a German verb meaning “to soil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschmutzen is a different word: “gerund of verschmutzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “schmutzig machen, dreckig machen, mit Schmutz versehen”.
What does verschmutzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to soil
- 2
to pollute
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verschmutzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schmutzig machen, dreckig machen, mit Schmutz versehen 2. schmutzig werden, dreckig 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 verschmutzen
- verschmutzt present singular third-person
- verschmutzte past
- haben auxiliary
- verschmutzend participle present
- verschmutze first-person indicative present
- verschmutzest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschmutzet plural second-person subjunctive
- verschmutzten first-person indicative plural
- verschmutztest indicative preterite second-person
- verschmutztet indicative plural preterite
- verschmutz imperative second-person singular
- habe verschmutzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verschmutzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verschmutze! imperative singular
- verschmutz! imperative singular
- verschmutzt! imperative plural
- verschmutzt haben active infinitive perfect
- verschmutzt 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 verschmutzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschmutzen in German?
verschmutzen 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).