dissen
German, verb/ˈdɪsən/
dissen is spelled D-I-S-S-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,845th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dissen is a German verb meaning “to diss (to put someone down or show verbal disrespect)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden als verachtenswert hinstellen, voller Verachtung schlechtmachen; jemanden herabsetzend kritisieren…”.
What does dissen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to diss (to put someone down or show verbal disrespect)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden als verachtenswert hinstellen, voller Verachtung schlechtmachen; jemanden herabsetzend kritisieren; despektierlich über jemanden reden
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 dissen
- disst present singular third-person
- disste past
- gedisst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- dissend participle present
- disse first-person indicative present
- dissest second-person singular subjunctive
- disset plural second-person subjunctive
- dissten first-person indicative plural
- disstest indicative preterite second-person
- disstet indicative plural preterite
- diss imperative second-person singular
- habe gedisst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gedisst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- disse! imperative singular
- disst! imperative plural
- gedisst haben active infinitive perfect
- gedisst werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dissen?
- /ˈdɪsən/
- [ˈdɪsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dissen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dissen in German?
dissen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).