gedämpft
German, verb
gedämpft is spelled G-E-D-Ä-M-P-F-T (8 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,576th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gedämpft is a German verb meaning “past participle of dämpfen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, gedampft is a different word: “past participle of dampfen”.
What does gedämpft mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of dämpfen
verb
- 1
past participle of dampfen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit abgeschwächter Wirkung, von geringerer Intensität 2. mithilfe von Dampf gegart
unknown: 1. Partizip Perfekt von dämpfen
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 gedämpft
- gedämpfter positive nominative strong
- gedämpfte positive nominative strong
- gedämpftes positive nominative strong
- gedämpften positive genitive strong
- gedämpftem positive dative strong
- ged. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gedämpft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gedämpft in German?
gedämpft appears 1.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).