verschreien
German, verb/fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁaɪ̯ən/
verschreien is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-R-E-I-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 247,831st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschreien is a German verb meaning “to decry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “über etwas Negatives sprechen, das dann auch eintritt”.
What does verschreien mean in English?
verb
- 1
to decry
- 2
to jinx (to cause something to happen by mentioning it or to cause a bad outcome through verbal expression of certainty about a good situation or result.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. über etwas Negatives sprechen, das dann auch eintritt 2. über jemanden etwas Negatives sagen, das nicht unbedingt der Wahrheit entspricht oder das übertrieben ist
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 verschreien
- verschreit present singular third-person
- verschrie past
- verschrien participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- verschreiend participle present
- verschreie first-person indicative present
- verschreist indicative present second-person
- verschreiest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschreiet plural second-person subjunctive
- verschriest indicative preterite second-person
- verschriet indicative plural preterite
- verschrei imperative second-person singular
- habe verschrien first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verschrei! imperative singular
- verschreie! imperative singular
- verschreit! imperative plural
- verschrien haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verschreien?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁaɪ̯ən/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁaɪ̯ən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verschreien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschreien in German?
verschreien appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).