Verb / Adjective
verschlagen
devious
B2
rank #10,462
Meanings
Verb
- to drive, to strand; to shlep; to bring (causing difficulty, often to somewhere someone didn't want to go)
- to suddenly take away
- to lose (one's page in a book)
- to beat together
Adjective
- devious
- disingenuous, self-serving
In a sentence
Sein Lächeln wirkte verschlagen.
His smile seemed devious.
Forms
infinitive
verschlagen
he/she/it
verschlägt
simple past
verschlug
perfect
hat verschlagen
takes + Akkusativ