Geheimnisverrat
German, noun[ɡəˈhaɪmnɪsfɛɐ̯ˌʁaːt]
Geheimnisverrat is spelled G-E-H-E-I-M-N-I-S-V-E-R-R-A-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 138,538th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geheimnisverrat is a German masculine noun meaning “betrayal of secrets” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Verraten von Geheimnissen, insbesondere Dienst- oder Staatsgeheimnissen”.
What does Geheimnisverrat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebetrayal of secrets
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Verraten von Geheimnissen, insbesondere Dienst- oder Staatsgeheimnissen
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 Geheimnisverrat
- Geheimnisverrates genitive
- Geheimnisverrats genitive
- Geheimnisverrate dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Geheimnisverrat?
- [ɡəˈhaɪmnɪsfɛɐ̯ˌʁaːt]
- [ɡəˈhaɪ̯mnɪsfɛɐ̯ˌʁaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Geheimnisverrat in German?
Geheimnisverrat appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).