versemmeln
German, verb
versemmeln is spelled V-E-R-S-E-M-M-E-L-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 214,094th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Versemmeln is a German verb meaning “to screw up, to fail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Versemmeln is a different word: “gerund of versemmeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine günstige Gelegenheit nicht nutzen; eine Sache verderben, in den Teich setzen”.
What does versemmeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto screw up, to fail
Er versemmelte die Prüfung.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of versemmeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine günstige Gelegenheit nicht nutzen; eine Sache verderben, in den Teich setzen
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 versemmeln
- versemmelt present singular third-person
- versemmelte past
- haben auxiliary
- versemmelnd participle present
- versemmle first-person indicative present
- versemmele first-person indicative present
- versemmel first-person indicative present
- versemmelst indicative present second-person
- versemmelest second-person singular subjunctive
- versemmlest second-person singular subjunctive
- versemmelet plural second-person subjunctive
- versemmlet plural second-person subjunctive
- versemmelten first-person indicative plural
- versemmeltest indicative preterite second-person
- versemmeltet indicative plural preterite
- versemmle! imperative singular
- versemmelt! imperative plural
- versemmelt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to versemmeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is versemmeln in German?
versemmeln appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).