verrutschte

Verrutschte is the past participle and attributive form of the German verb verrutschen. Verrutschen means to slip or slide from its original position, either physically (an object moving out of alignment) or figuratively (plans or arrangements changing unexpectedly). The prefix ver- signals a change of state or deviation, while rutschen refers to sliding.

As an adjective, verrutschte describes something that has slipped out of place. It commonly appears before a noun with normal adjective declension, for example: eine verrutschte Schraube, ein verrutschtes Fenster, or eine verrutschte Scheibe. In predicate use it can denote a change of position, as in Die Brille ist verrutscht, meaning the glasses have shifted.

In everyday language the term is used across contexts from engineering and construction to household situations, always conveying a loss of proper alignment or placement. It is more informal than technical terms such as dislocated (ausgerenkt) or misaligned (fehljustiert), but it is widely understood in colloquial German.

Etymology and related forms: verrutschen comes from ver- plus rutschen, sharing the core sense of slipping. Related verbs include abrutschen (slip off) and verrücken (to move something to a different position). The concept is central to discussions of stability, fit, and alignment in both objects and plans.

See also: verrutschen, verrücken, abrutschen, ausrichten.