verzählen
German, verb
verzählen is spelled V-E-R-Z-Ä-H-L-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written German, the 362,108th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verzählen is a German verb meaning “to miscount” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verzählen is a different word: “gerund of verzählen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “beim Abzählen einen Fehler machen”.
What does verzählen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to miscount
Wenn die Zahl nicht stimmt, haben wir uns wohl verzählt.
- 2
colloquialto tell something, to talk (often in a negative context)
Ach komm, verzähl mir doch nich’ so’n Unsinn!
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verzählen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. beim Abzählen einen Fehler machen 2. mündlich Information übermitteln
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 verzählen
- verzählt present singular third-person
- verzählte past
- haben auxiliary
- verzählend participle present
- verzähle first-person indicative present
- verzählst indicative present second-person
- verzählest second-person singular subjunctive
- verzählet plural second-person subjunctive
- verzählten first-person indicative plural
- verzähltest indicative preterite second-person
- verzähltet indicative plural preterite
- verzähl imperative second-person singular
- habe verzählt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verzählt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verzähl! imperative singular
- verzähle! imperative singular
- verzählt! imperative plural
- verzählt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verzählen in German?
verzählen appears about once in every 37 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).