verzinken
German, verb
verzinken is spelled V-E-R-Z-I-N-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 267,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verzinken is a German verb meaning “to coat with zinc, to galvanize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verzinken is a different word: “galvanization (coating with zinc)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas mit einem Zinküberzug versehen”.
What does verzinken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to coat with zinc, to galvanize
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verzinken
- 2
neutergalvanization (coating with zinc)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas mit einem Zinküberzug versehen 2. verraten
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 verzinken
- verzinkt present singular third-person
- verzinkte past
- haben auxiliary
- verzinkend participle present
- verzinke first-person indicative present
- verzinkst indicative present second-person
- verzinkest second-person singular subjunctive
- verzinket plural second-person subjunctive
- verzinkten first-person indicative plural
- verzinktest indicative preterite second-person
- verzinktet indicative plural preterite
- verzink imperative second-person singular
- habe verzinkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verzinkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verzink! imperative singular
- verzinke! imperative singular
- verzinkt! imperative plural
- verzinkt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verzinken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verzinken in German?
verzinken appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).