verschnaufen
German, verb
verschnaufen is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-N-A-U-F-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 85,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschnaufen is a German verb meaning “to catch one's breath” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschnaufen is a different word: “gerund of verschnaufen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Pause einlegen_([3]), um sich zu erholen”.
What does verschnaufen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to catch one's breath
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verschnaufen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Pause einlegen_([3]), um sich zu erholen
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 verschnaufen
- verschnauft present singular third-person
- verschnaufte past
- haben auxiliary
- verschnaufend participle present
- verschnaufe first-person indicative present
- verschnaufst indicative present second-person
- verschnaufest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschnaufet plural second-person subjunctive
- verschnauften first-person indicative plural
- verschnauftest indicative preterite second-person
- verschnauftet indicative plural preterite
- verschnauf imperative second-person singular
- habe verschnauft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verschnauft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verschnauf! imperative singular
- verschnaufe! imperative singular
- verschnauft! imperative plural
- verschnauft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verschnaufen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschnaufen in German?
verschnaufen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).