Verschwendung
German, noun/fɛrˈʃvɛndʊŋ/
Verschwendung is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-W-E-N-D-U-N-G (13 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written German, the 14,041st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschwendung is a German feminine noun meaning “waste” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unnötiger oder sinnloser Verbrauch von etwas”.
What does Verschwendung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewaste
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unnötiger oder sinnloser Verbrauch von etwas
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 Verschwendung
- Verschwendungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Verschwendung?
- /fɛrˈʃvɛndʊŋ/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɛndʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Verschwendung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verschwendung in German?
Verschwendung appears 4.2 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).