verschwenden
German, verb
verschwenden is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-W-E-N-D-E-N (12 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written German, the 12,686th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschwenden is a German verb meaning “to waste, to squander” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschwenden is a different word: “gerund of verschwenden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “unnötig viele Mittel, Ressourcen einsetzen; etwas erfolglos, sinnlos, planlos, unrationell aufwenden…”.
What does verschwenden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to waste, to squander
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verschwenden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. unnötig viele Mittel, Ressourcen einsetzen; etwas erfolglos, sinnlos, planlos, unrationell aufwenden; vergeuden
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 verschwenden
- verschwendet present singular third-person
- verschwendete past
- haben auxiliary
- verschwendend participle present
- verschwende first-person indicative present
- verschwendest indicative present second-person
- verschwendeten first-person indicative plural
- verschwendetest indicative preterite second-person
- verschwendetet indicative plural preterite
- verschwend imperative second-person singular
- habe verschwendet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verschwendet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verschwende! imperative singular
- verschwendet! imperative plural
- verschwendet haben active infinitive perfect
- verschwendet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- verschwendet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- verschwendet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verschwenden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschwenden in German?
verschwenden appears 4.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).