versengen
German, verb
versengen is spelled V-E-R-S-E-N-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 216,904th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Versengen is a German verb meaning “to scorch, to singe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Versengen is a different word: “gerund of versengen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Hitze oberflächlich beschädigen”.
What does versengen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scorch, to singe
Die Flammen versengten die Haare an seinen Beinen.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of versengen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch Hitze oberflächlich beschädigen
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 versengen
- versengt present singular third-person
- versengte past
- haben auxiliary
- versengend participle present
- versenge first-person indicative present
- versengst indicative present second-person
- versengest second-person singular subjunctive
- versenget plural second-person subjunctive
- versengten first-person indicative plural
- versengtest indicative preterite second-person
- versengtet indicative plural preterite
- verseng imperative second-person singular
- habe versengt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben versengt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verseng! imperative singular
- versenge! imperative singular
- versengt! imperative plural
- versengt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to versengen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is versengen in German?
versengen 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).