verstricken
German, verb
verstricken is spelled V-E-R-S-T-R-I-C-K-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 82,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verstricken is a German verb meaning “to entangle, to ensnare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verstricken is a different word: “gerund of verstricken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in eine Situation bringen, die unangenehm ist und aus der man sich nicht leicht befreien kann”.
What does verstricken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to entangle, to ensnare
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verstricken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in eine Situation bringen, die unangenehm ist und aus der man sich nicht leicht befreien kann 2. sich in eine heikle Lage bringen 3. (zum Beispiel Garn/Wolle) beim Vorgang des Strickens verbrauchen 4. beim Stricken einen Fehler machen, falsche Maschen stricken
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 verstricken
- verstrickt present singular third-person
- verstrickte past
- haben auxiliary
- verstrickend participle present
- verstricke first-person indicative present
- verstrickst indicative present second-person
- verstrickest second-person singular subjunctive
- verstricket plural second-person subjunctive
- verstrickten first-person indicative plural
- verstricktest indicative preterite second-person
- verstricktet indicative plural preterite
- verstrick imperative second-person singular
- habe verstrickt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verstrickt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verstrick! imperative singular
- verstricke! imperative singular
- verstrickt! imperative plural
- verstrickt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verstricken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verstricken in German?
verstricken appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).