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 wrong), sich täuschen (to be mistaken); Antonyms: richtig einschätzen (to assess correctly)

Composed of the prefix 'ver-' (implying an error) and 'schätzen' (to estimate). It literally means 'to estimate incorrectly'.

The prefix 'ver-' often indicates that something went wrong. So if you 'schätzen' (estimate) something and it goes wrong, you 'sich verschätzen'.