Waste
"Waste" in German
Schmutz
(superfluous; needless)
brach
(barren)
verschmutzt
(superfluous; needless)
wüst
(barren)
öde
(barren)
überflüssig
(excess)
überflüssig
(superfluous; needless)
Abfall
(useless by-products, garbage)
Ausschuss
(useless by-products, garbage)
Bergung
(legal: cause of action against degrading the value or character of a property)
Degeneration
(gradual loss or decay)
Einöde
(wasteland, desolate region)
Exkrement
(excrement or urine)
Geröll
(geology: material derived by erosion and carried to the sea)
Müll
(useless by-products, garbage)
Rettung
(legal: cause of action against degrading the value or character of a property)
Riesenhaufen
(large abundance of something)
Saustall [vulgär]
(place that has been laid waste)
Sicherung
(legal: cause of action against degrading the value or character of a property)
Verfall
(gradual loss or decay)
Verfall
(decaying of the body by disease — see also atrophy)
Vergeudung
(action of wasting, ineffective use)
Verschwendung
(action of wasting, ineffective use)
Wasserwüste
(vast expanse of water)
aufgegebene Mine
(disused mine)
kalt machen
(slang: to kill)
schwächen
(to weaken)
töten
(slang: to kill)
verfallen
(to decay)
vergeben
(to squander)
vergeuden
(to squander)
verschenken
(to squander)
verschwenden
(to squander)
verwüsten
(to destroy — see also devastate, lay waste)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.