verspielt
German, adjective/fɛʁˈʃpiːlt/
verspielt is spelled V-E-R-S-P-I-E-L-T (9 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written German, the 14,528th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verspielt is a German adjective meaning “playful, frisky, coltish, sportive, cheerful, prankish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of verspielen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nur spielen wollend, gern spielend; leicht ablenkbar”.
What does verspielt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
playful, frisky, coltish, sportive, cheerful, prankish
verb
- 1
past participle of verspielen
verb
- 1
second-person plural present
- 2
third-person singular present
- 3
plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nur spielen wollend, gern spielend; leicht ablenkbar 2. beim Ansehen oder Hören unbeschwert, heiter und leicht wirkend; reich geschmückt; ohne Strenge, ohne Ernsthaftigkeit
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 verspielt
- verspielter masculine nominative singular
- am verspieltesten superlative
- verspielte positive nominative strong
- verspieltes positive nominative strong
- verspielten positive genitive strong
- verspieltem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verspielt?
- /fɛʁˈʃpiːlt/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpiːlt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verspielt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verspielt in German?
verspielt appears 4.0 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).