gefährdet
German, adjective[ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯dət]
gefährdet is spelled G-E-F-Ä-H-R-D-E-T (9 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written German, the 4,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gefährdet is a German adjective meaning “at risk, endangered, vulnerable, susceptible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of gefährden. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Gefahr, von etwas bedroht”.
What does gefährdet mean in English?
adjective
- 1
at risk, endangered, vulnerable, susceptible
gefährdete Tierart.
verb
- 1
past participle of gefährden
verb
- 1
third-person singular present
- 2
second-person plural present
- 3
second-person plural subjunctive I
- 4
plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in Gefahr, von etwas bedroht
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 gefährdet
- gefährdeter masculine nominative singular
- gefährdete feminine nominative singular
- gefährdetes neuter nominative singular
- gefährdeten genitive masculine singular
- gefährdetem dative masculine singular
- der gefährdete definite includes-article masculine
- die gefährdete definite feminine includes-article
- das gefährdete definite includes-article neuter
- die gefährdeten definite includes-article nominative
- des gefährdeten definite genitive includes-article
- der gefährdeten definite feminine genitive
- dem gefährdeten dative definite includes-article
- den gefährdeten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gefährdet?
- [ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯dət]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gefährdet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gefährdet in German?
gefährdet appears 18 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).