verstellen
German, verb
verstellen is spelled V-E-R-S-T-E-L-L-E-N (10 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verstellen is a German verb meaning “to adjust, alter, misalign” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verstellen is a different word: “gerund of verstellen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch andere Objekte unzugänglich machen bzw. verstecken”.
What does verstellen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to adjust, alter, misalign
- 2
to displace, shift, to put back in the wrong place
- 3
to block (an entrance, path etc.)
- 4
to disguise (one's voice etc.)
- 5
to dissemble, dissimulate, pretend, sham
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verstellen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch andere Objekte unzugänglich machen bzw. verstecken 2. die Einstellungen an einer Anlage verändern 3. sich anders geben, als man ist
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 verstellen
- verstellt present singular third-person
- verstellte past
- haben auxiliary
- verstellend participle present
- verstelle first-person indicative present
- verstellst indicative present second-person
- verstellest second-person singular subjunctive
- verstellet plural second-person subjunctive
- verstellten first-person indicative plural
- verstelltest indicative preterite second-person
- verstelltet indicative plural preterite
- verstell imperative second-person singular
- habe verstellt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verstellt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verstell! imperative singular
- verstelle! imperative singular
- verstellt! imperative plural
- verstellt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verstellen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verstellen in German?
verstellen appears 1.9 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).