verwaschen
German, verb/fɛɐ̯ˈvaʃn̩/
verwaschen is spelled V-E-R-W-A-S-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 74,397th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verwaschen is a German verb meaning “to make something washy, washed out, blurry, fuzzy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of verwaschen.
What does verwaschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
rareto make something washy, washed out, blurry, fuzzy
adjective
- 1
faded, washed out, blurry, fuzzy
- 2
unclear, indistinct, blurry
- 3
slurred, blurry
verb
- 1
past participle of verwaschen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. matt in der Farbe, unklar in den Konturen 2. unklar in der Bedeutung
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 verwaschen
- verwäscht present singular third-person
- verwusch past
- verwüsche past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- verwaschend participle present
- verwasche first-person indicative present
- verwäschst indicative present second-person
- verwascht indicative plural present
- verwaschest second-person singular subjunctive
- verwaschet plural second-person subjunctive
- verwuschen first-person indicative plural
- verwüschen first-person formal plural
- verwuschst indicative preterite second-person
- verwuscht indicative plural preterite
- verwüschest formal rare second-person
- verwüschst formal rare second-person
- verwüschet formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verwaschen?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈvaʃn̩/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈvaʃn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is verwaschen in German?
verwaschen 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).