herabwürdigen
German, verb
herabwürdigen is spelled H-E-R-A-B-W-Ü-R-D-I-G-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 170,338th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herabwürdigen is a German verb meaning “to disparage, to vilify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Herabwürdigen is a different word: “gerund of herabwürdigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Person schlecht behandeln, abwerten; schlecht über eine Leistung reden”.
What does herabwürdigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disparage, to vilify
noun
- 1
neutergerund of herabwürdigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Person schlecht behandeln, abwerten; schlecht über eine Leistung 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 herabwürdigen
- würdigt herab present singular third-person
- würdigte herab past
- herabgewürdigt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- herabwürdigend participle present
- herabzuwürdigen infinitive infinitive-zu
- würdige herab first-person indicative present
- würdigen herab first-person indicative plural
- würdigst herab indicative present second-person
- würdigest herab second-person singular subjunctive
- würdiget herab plural second-person subjunctive
- würdigten herab first-person indicative plural
- würdigtest herab indicative preterite second-person
- würdigtet herab indicative plural preterite
- herabwürdige present
- herabwürdigst present
- herabwürdigt present
- herabwürdigte past
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to herabwürdigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herabwürdigen in German?
herabwürdigen appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).