Verb

verschätzen

Translation

to misjudge, to miscalculate, to overestimate, to underestimate

Ich habe mich in der Zeit verschätzt.

I misjudged the time.

Er hat sich in seiner Stärke verschätzt.

He overestimated his own strength.

Sie hat sich in ihm total verschätzt.

She completely misjudged him.

to misjudge ((sth./sb.)) to be mistaken about sth./sb. I completely misjudged his character.

Synonyms: sich irren (to be mistaken), sich täuschen (to be deceived); Antonyms: richtig einschätzen (to judge correctly)

From the prefix 'ver-' (indicating a mistake) + 'schätzen' (to estimate). Literally 'to estimate wrongly'.

Think of 'ver-' as 'mis-'. So, 'ver-schätzen' is like 'mis-estimate'. It's a reflexive verb in German: 'sich verschätzen'.