German–English dictionary

verschlechtern

(transitive) To corrupt, to debase (someone or something).

verschlechternd

Disparaging, belittling or derogatory. [from 1882]

Verschlechterung

A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.

verschleiern

(transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).

Verschleierung

A smear, smudge or blot.

Verschleiß

Grinding down or wearing away by friction.

verschleppen

(originally, and, mainly, US politics, intransitive, transitive) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.

verschleudern

(transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.

Verschleuderung

A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.

verschließen

(transitive) To fasten with a lock.

Verschließender

One who shuts or closes something.

Verschließer

One who shuts or closes something.

Verschlimmbesserung

Reduction from a better to a worse state.

verschlimmern

To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness. [from 16th c.]

verschlimmernd

Disparaging, belittling or derogatory. [from 1882]

verschlimmert

Rendered less effective.

Verschlimmerung

The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

verschlingen

(transitive) To swallow food without chewing it.

Verschlingung

(mathematics) A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.

verschlossen

Having an inclination to secrecy.

Verschlossenheit

(uncountable) Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness.

verschlucken

(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).

verschlungen

(figuratively) Complex, complicated, or intricate.

Verschluss

(countable) A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.

verschlüsseln

To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.

verschlüsselt

Being in code; having been encrypted.

Verschlüsselung

A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.

Verschlüsselungssystem

(cryptography) A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.

Verschlussreibelaut

(phonetics) A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative.

verschmachtend

(of weather) hot and humid; oppressively sticky

verschmähen

(transitive) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.

Verschmähung

An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.

verschmälern

(transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end.

verschmelzen

(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.

Verschmelzung

The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.

verschmieren

(transitive) To smear over, to smear all over, to daub.

verschmitzt

In an arch manner; slyly.

verschmitzt lachen

(intransitive) To smile in a foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, coy, obsequious, or smug manner.

verschmort

(colloquial, of electronic equipment) Broken as a result of excessive heat or an electrical surge.

verschmust

Suitable for cuddling; designed to be cuddled.

verschmutzen

(transitive) To make very dirty; to saturate something with dirt.

verschmutzt

Dirty with faeces or other impurities

Verschmutzung

Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. [from 18th c.]

Verschnaufpause

A short break; a rest or respite.

verschneiden

(transitive) To remove the testicles of a person or animal.

verschnitten

(dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered sterile (e.g. spayed, neutered, or castrated).

verschnittenes Tier

Any castrated male animal.

verschnörkelt

(informal) Not straight; wavy and irregular.

verschnupft

(informal) Somewhat indignant, irritated, angry, in a snit, put out or annoyed.

verschnüren

To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

verschoben

Done later than originally planned; delayed.

verschollen

In an unknown location; unable to be found.

verschönern

(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.

Verschönerung

Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.

verschränken

To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.

verschrauben

(transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.

verschreiben

(transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).

Verschreibung

(countable) A miswritten word.

verschreien

To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.

verschroben

Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.

verschrotten

(transitive) To discard; to get rid of.

verschrumpeln

(transitive) To wrinkle (the skin).

verschüchtert

Subjected to intimidation.

verschuldet

Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.

Verschuldung

The state or condition of being encumbered.

Verschuldungsgrad

(finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.

verschütten

(transitive) To allow to flow or fall.

verschweigen

(transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

verschwelen

(transitive) To reduce to cinders.

Verschwelung

Smoldering; slow combustion.

verschwenden

To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.

Verschwender

One who has a lot of money and lives luxuriously.

Verschwenderin

One who has a lot of money and lives luxuriously.

verschwenderisch

Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.

verschwenderisches Ausgeben

An extravagant indulgence; a spending spree. [from 1928]

Verschwendung

A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.

verschwiegen

reticent, secretive or uncommunicative

Verschwiegenheit

The quality of being discreet.

verschwimmen

To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.

Verschwinden

Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.

verschwinden (coll.)

(transitive, dated) To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.

verschwinden lassen

(transitive, often, euphemistic) To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.

verschwitzt

Covered in sweat.

verschwommen

(of an image) Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.

verschwommenes Bild

Something that appears hazy or indistinct.

verschwören

(intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.]

Verschwörer

One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.

Verschwörerin

One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.

Verschwörung

A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.

Versehen

A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.

versehen (mit)

(legal) Settled, fixed or absolute, with no contingencies.

versehentlich

Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional. [from 16th c.]

verselbstständigen

To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.

versemmeln

(transitive) To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.

versenden

(transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

Versendung

The sending of somebody or something to a destination for a purpose.

versengen

(ergative) To burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.

versenken

(figuratively) To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.

Versessenheit

An immensely strong love or sexual attraction.

versetzen

(transitive, colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.

Versetzung

(uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.

verseuchen

(transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.

Verseuchung

The act or process of contaminating.

versichern

(reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.

Versicherte

(insurance) The person or persons whose interests are protected by an insurance policy.

Versicherter

(insurance) The person or persons whose interests are protected by an insurance policy.

Versicherung

Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.

Versicherung an Eides statt

(legal) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.

Versicherungsbeitrag

(insurance) The amount to be paid for an insurance policy.

Versicherungsfachmann

A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions.

Versicherungsmathematiker

A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions.

Versicherungsmitarbeiter

(insurance) A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured.

Versicherungsnehmer

(insurance) The party to an insurance contract who transfers a risk to an insurer.

Versicherungsprämie

(insurance) The amount to be paid for an insurance policy.

Versicherungssachbearbeiter

(insurance) A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured.

versickern

(transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.

Versickerung

The seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.

Versickerungsgraben

Bioswale, a shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope), whose purpose is to allow water time to percolate into the soil.

Versickerungsmulde

Bioswale, a shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope), whose purpose is to allow water time to percolate into the soil.

versiegeln

(transitive) To place a seal on (a document).

versiegelt

Closed by a seal.

Versiegelung

(especially, Commonwealth English) Any of various cements, usually flexible and waterproof, used as an adhesive, sealant, caulk, or filler.

versiert

Having many accomplishments, often as a result of study or training.

versifft

Covered with filth; very dirty.

versinken

(figuratively) To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.

Version

(software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.

versionieren

(transitive, computing) To keep track of (a file, document, etc.) in a versioning system.

versklaven

(transitive) To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall.

Versklavung

The act of enslaving or the state of being a slave; bondage

Verslehre

study of metrical verse

Versmaß

US standard spelling of metre (“the rhythm or measure in language”).

versnobt

Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.

versöhnlich

Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions.

Versöhnlichkeit

The state or quality of being conciliatory.

Versöhnung

Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.

versonnen

Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.

versorgen

(informal, ambitransitive) To provide (someone) with something; to furnish.

Versorger

One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.

Versorgerin

One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.

Versorgung

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

Versorgungsleistung

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

Versorgungsposten

A position that requires little to no work, or easy work, but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.

Versorgungsquelle

(figurative) A source of supply.

verspannen

To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.

verspäten

(colloquial) To have one’s menstrual discharge late, implying successful nidation suspected.

verspätet

Later in relation to the proper time something should have happened.

Verspätung

A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

versperren

(transitive) To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).

verspielen

To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance

verspielt

Abounding in energy or playfulness.