verschwurbelt
German, adjective/fɛɐ̯ˈʃvʊʁbl̩t/
verschwurbelt is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-W-U-R-B-E-L-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschwurbelt is a German adjective meaning “convoluted, needlessly complicated (especially of language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “komplizierte, umständliche, verworrene Formulierungen aufweisend”.
What does verschwurbelt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
derogatoryinformalconvoluted, needlessly complicated (especially of language)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. komplizierte, umständliche, verworrene Formulierungen aufweisend
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 verschwurbelt
- verschwurbelter masculine nominative singular
- am verschwurbeltsten superlative
- verschwurbelte feminine nominative singular
- verschwurbeltes neuter nominative singular
- verschwurbelten genitive masculine singular
- verschwurbeltem dative masculine singular
- der verschwurbelte definite includes-article masculine
- die verschwurbelte definite feminine includes-article
- das verschwurbelte definite includes-article neuter
- die verschwurbelten definite includes-article nominative
- des verschwurbelten definite genitive includes-article
- der verschwurbelten definite feminine genitive
- dem verschwurbelten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verschwurbelt?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʃvʊʁbl̩t/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃvʊʁbl̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is verschwurbelt in German?
verschwurbelt appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).