Verschönerung
German, noun/fɛɐ̯ˈʃøːnəʁʊŋ/
Verschönerung is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-Ö-N-E-R-U-N-G (13 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,786th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschönerung is a German feminine noun meaning “beautification, embellishment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Handlung, Vorgang, etwas so umzugestalten, dass etwas attraktiver (schöner) wird”.
What does Verschönerung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebeautification, embellishment
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Handlung, Vorgang, etwas so umzugestalten, dass etwas attraktiver (schöner) wird 2. etwas, was attraktiver (schöner) gemacht wurde
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 Verschönerung
- Verschönerungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Verschönerung?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʃøːnəʁʊŋ/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃøːnəʁʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Verschönerung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verschönerung in German?
Verschönerung appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).