verschroben
German, adjective/fɛɐ̯ˈʃroːbn̩/
verschroben is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-R-O-B-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschroben is a German adjective meaning “eccentric, cranky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf eine eigentümliche Art deutlich anders als normal, so dass es wunderlich anmutet”.
What does verschroben mean in English?
adjective
- 1
eccentric, cranky
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf eine eigentümliche Art deutlich anders als normal, so dass es wunderlich anmutet
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 verschroben
- verschrobener masculine nominative singular
- am verschrobensten superlative
- verschrobene feminine nominative singular
- verschrobenes neuter nominative singular
- verschrobenen genitive masculine singular
- verschrobenem dative masculine singular
- der verschrobene definite includes-article masculine
- die verschrobene definite feminine includes-article
- das verschrobene definite includes-article neuter
- die verschrobenen definite includes-article nominative
- des verschrobenen definite genitive includes-article
- der verschrobenen definite feminine genitive
- dem verschrobenen dative definite includes-article
- verschrobner positive nominative strong
- verschrobne positive nominative strong
- verschrobnes positive nominative strong
- verschrobnen positive genitive strong
- verschrobnem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verschroben?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʃroːbn̩/
- [fɐˈʃʁoːbn̩]
- [fɐˈʃʁoːbm̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verschroben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschroben in German?
verschroben appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).