verwüsten
German, verb
verwüsten is spelled V-E-R-W-Ü-S-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 50,363rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verwüsten is a German verb meaning “to devastate, ravage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verwüsten is a different word: “gerund of verwüsten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zerstören, beschädigen, meist bei Stürmen oder Kriegsaktionen verwendet”.
What does verwüsten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to devastate, ravage
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verwüsten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zerstören, beschädigen, meist bei Stürmen oder Kriegsaktionen verwendet.
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 verwüsten
- verwüstet present singular third-person
- verwüstete past
- haben auxiliary
- verwüstend participle present
- verwüste first-person indicative present
- verwüstest indicative present second-person
- verwüsteten first-person indicative plural
- verwüstetest indicative preterite second-person
- verwüstetet indicative plural preterite
- verwüst imperative second-person singular
- habe verwüstet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verwüstet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verwüste! imperative singular
- verwüstet! imperative plural
- verwüstet haben active infinitive perfect
- verwüstet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- verwüstet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- verwüstet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verwüsten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verwüsten in German?
verwüsten appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).