verzapfen
German, verb
verzapfen is spelled V-E-R-Z-A-P-F-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verzapfen is a German verb meaning “to mortise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verzapfen is a different word: “gerund of verzapfen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bier oder andere Getränke aus einem Fass entnehmen und (im Kannenmaß) ausschenken”.
What does verzapfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mortise
- 2
to serve from the keg (especially of beer)
- 3
colloquialto do or talk nonsense
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verzapfen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Bier oder andere Getränke aus einem Fass entnehmen und (im Kannenmaß) ausschenken 2. etwas mit Stiften oder Zapfen verbinden 3. etwas Dummes, Tölpelhaftes tun, Unsinn schreiben oder erzählen
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 verzapfen
- verzapft present singular third-person
- verzapfte past
- haben auxiliary
- verzapfend participle present
- verzapfe first-person indicative present
- verzapfst indicative present second-person
- verzapfest second-person singular subjunctive
- verzapfet plural second-person subjunctive
- verzapften first-person indicative plural
- verzapftest indicative preterite second-person
- verzapftet indicative plural preterite
- verzapf imperative second-person singular
- habe verzapft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verzapft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verzapf! imperative singular
- verzapfe! imperative singular
- verzapft! imperative plural
- verzapft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verzapfen in German?
verzapfen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).