verschwitzen
German, verb/fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪt͡sn̩/
verschwitzen is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-W-I-T-Z-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written German, the 386,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschwitzen is a German verb meaning “to soak with sweat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas durch Schwitzen durchnässen”.
What does verschwitzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to soak with sweat
ein verschwitztes Hemd
- 2
colloquialto forget
Ich habe die Sache ganz verschwitzt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas durch Schwitzen durchnässen 2. einen Termin oder etwas anderes, was man sich vorgenommen hat, vergessen 3. in Form von Schweiß von sich geben, aus dem Körper ausscheiden 4. aufhören zu schwitzen
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 verschwitzen
- verschwitzt present singular third-person
- verschwitzte past
- haben auxiliary
- verschwitzend participle present
- verschwitze first-person indicative present
- verschwitzest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschwitzet plural second-person subjunctive
- verschwitzten first-person indicative plural
- verschwitztest indicative preterite second-person
- verschwitztet indicative plural preterite
- verschwitz imperative second-person singular
- habe verschwitzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verschwitzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verschwitze! imperative singular
- verschwitzt! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
- verschwitzt haben auxiliary active infinitive
- verschwitzt werden auxiliary processual-passive infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verschwitzen?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪt͡sn̩/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is verschwitzen in German?
verschwitzen appears about once in every 42 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).