perdu

[pɛʁˈdyː]

/[pɛʁˈdyː]/ adj

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The verdict

“perdu” is uncommon German (frequency #90,718 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,718
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - veraltend: verloren, nicht mehr da

Corpus desk

Index DE-perdu · perdu · German

perdu · rank #90,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,718
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pendelverkehr

Nearest frequency peer: Pendelverkehr (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „perdu“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „perdu“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for perdu
PropertyValue
Headwordperdu
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pɛʁˈdyː]
Letters5
Frequency rank#90,718
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „perdu“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).perdufällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pendelverkehr“ (#90,717), „Periodensystem“ (#90,719), „Pellkartoffeln“ (#90,716). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „perdu“ bei #90,718. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

perdu is uncommon German at frequency #90,718 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pɛʁˈdyː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "veraltend: verloren, nicht mehr da".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for perdu, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is perdu, spelled P-E-R-D-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    veraltend: verloren, nicht mehr da

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how perdu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Manche mögen davor Angst haben, weil sie befürchten, ohne »richtige« Männer und Frauen wäre auch Sex sinnlos und alle Freude am Leben perdu.“
  2. Bei „Max und Moritz“ heißt es: „Jeder denkt, die sind perdü! Aber nein! – noch leben sie!“

Synonyms

verlorenwegfutsch

This word in other languages

gone(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perdu"?
"perdu" is spelled P-E-R-D-U. The IPA pronunciation is [pɛʁˈdyː].
What does "perdu" mean?
As an adjective, "perdu" means: veraltend: verloren, nicht mehr da
How do you pronounce "perdu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perdu" is [pɛʁˈdyː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perdu" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "perdu", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

poems#90,732prahl#90,744Quads#90,760Nadir#90,671

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list