niedergeschlagen
German, adjective/ˈniːdɐɡəˌʃlaːɡn̩/
niedergeschlagen is spelled N-I-E-D-E-R-G-E-S-C-H-L-A-G-E-N (16 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Niedergeschlagen is a German adjective meaning “downhearted, low-spirited” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of niederschlagen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Fehlschläge oder Enttäuschungen deprimiert, entmutigt”.
What does niedergeschlagen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
downhearted, low-spirited
verb
- 1
past participle of niederschlagen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. durch Fehlschläge oder Enttäuschungen deprimiert, entmutigt
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 niedergeschlagen
- niedergeschlagener masculine nominative singular
- niedergeschlagner comparative
- am niedergeschlagensten superlative
- niedergeschlagene feminine nominative singular
- niedergeschlagenes neuter nominative singular
- niedergeschlagenen genitive masculine singular
- niedergeschlagenem dative masculine singular
- der niedergeschlagene definite includes-article masculine
- die niedergeschlagene definite feminine includes-article
- das niedergeschlagene definite includes-article neuter
- die niedergeschlagenen definite includes-article nominative
- des niedergeschlagenen definite genitive includes-article
- der niedergeschlagenen definite feminine genitive
- dem niedergeschlagenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce niedergeschlagen?
- /ˈniːdɐɡəˌʃlaːɡn̩/
- [ˈniːdɐɡəˌʃlaːɡn̩]
- [ˈniːdɐɡəˌʃlaːɡŋ̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to niedergeschlagen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is niedergeschlagen in German?
niedergeschlagen appears 3.6 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).