verstoffwechseln
German, verb/fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɔfˌvɛksl̩n/
verstoffwechseln is spelled V-E-R-S-T-O-F-F-W-E-C-H-S-E-L-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verstoffwechseln is a German verb meaning “to metabolize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Stoffwechsel umsetzen”.
What does verstoffwechseln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to metabolize
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. im Stoffwechsel umsetzen
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 verstoffwechseln
- verstoffwechselt present singular third-person
- verstoffwechselte past
- haben auxiliary
- verstoffwechselnd participle present
- verstoffwechsle first-person indicative present
- verstoffwechsele first-person indicative present
- verstoffwechsel first-person indicative present
- verstoffwechselst indicative present second-person
- verstoffwechselest second-person singular subjunctive
- verstoffwechslest second-person singular subjunctive
- verstoffwechselet plural second-person subjunctive
- verstoffwechslet plural second-person subjunctive
- verstoffwechselten first-person indicative plural
- verstoffwechseltest indicative preterite second-person
- verstoffwechseltet indicative plural preterite
- verstoffwechsele! imperative singular
- verstoffwechselt! imperative plural
- verstoffwechselt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verstoffwechseln?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɔfˌvɛksl̩n/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɔfˌvɛksl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is verstoffwechseln in German?
verstoffwechseln appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).