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afterreden

German, verb

afterreden is a German verb meaning “to speak ill of (someone); slander” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Afterreden is a different word: “gerund of afterreden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden verleumden”.

What does afterreden mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to speak ill of (someone); slander

noun

as Afterreden
  1. 1

    neutergerund of afterreden

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. jemanden verleumden

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of afterreden

  • afterredet present singular third-person
  • afterredete past
  • haben auxiliary
  • afterredend participle present
  • afterrede first-person indicative present
  • afterredest indicative present second-person
  • afterredeten first-person indicative plural
  • afterredetest indicative preterite second-person
  • afterredetet indicative plural preterite
  • afterred imperative second-person singular
  • habe afterredet first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben afterredet first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • afterrede! imperative singular
  • afterredet! imperative plural
  • aftergeredet participle-2 perfect
  • aftergeredet haben active infinitive perfect
  • zu afterreden active extended infinitive
  • aftergeredet zu haben active extended infinitive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to afterreden

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.