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korrupt

German, adjective/kɔˈʁʊpt/

korrupt is spelled K-O-R-R-U-P-T (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,305th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Korrupt is a German adjective meaning “corrupt (inclined to bribery)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bestechlich oder käuflich, moralisch verdorben”.

What does korrupt mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    corrupt (inclined to bribery)

  2. 2

    corrupt (morally or ethically rotten)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. bestechlich oder käuflich, moralisch verdorben 2. mit Fehlern behaftet

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 korrupt

  • korrupter masculine nominative singular
  • am korruptesten superlative
  • korrupte feminine nominative singular
  • korruptes neuter nominative singular
  • korrupten genitive masculine singular
  • korruptem dative masculine singular
  • der korrupte definite includes-article masculine
  • die korrupte definite feminine includes-article
  • das korrupte definite includes-article neuter
  • die korrupten definite includes-article nominative
  • des korrupten definite genitive includes-article
  • der korrupten definite feminine genitive
  • dem korrupten dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce korrupt?

  • /kɔˈʁʊpt/
  • /koˈʁʊpt/
  • [kɔˈʁʊpt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to korrupt

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is korrupt in German?

korrupt appears 2.2 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).

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