verachtungswürdig
German, adjective/fɛɐ̯ˈʔaχtʊŋsˌvʏʁdɪç/
verachtungswürdig is spelled V-E-R-A-C-H-T-U-N-G-S-W-Ü-R-D-I-G (17 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written German, the 535,730th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verachtungswürdig is a German adjective meaning “contemptible, despicable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verachtung verdienend, „des Verachtens würdig“”.
What does verachtungswürdig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
contemptible, despicable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Verachtung verdienend, „des Verachtens würdig“
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 verachtungswürdig
- verachtungswürdiger masculine nominative singular
- am verachtungswürdigsten superlative
- verachtungswürdige feminine nominative singular
- verachtungswürdiges neuter nominative singular
- verachtungswürdigen genitive masculine singular
- verachtungswürdigem dative masculine singular
- der verachtungswürdige definite includes-article masculine
- die verachtungswürdige definite feminine includes-article
- das verachtungswürdige definite includes-article neuter
- die verachtungswürdigen definite includes-article nominative
- des verachtungswürdigen definite genitive includes-article
- der verachtungswürdigen definite feminine genitive
- dem verachtungswürdigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verachtungswürdig?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʔaχtʊŋsˌvʏʁdɪç/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaxtʊŋsˌvʏʁdɪç]
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaxtʊŋsˌvʏʁdɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is verachtungswürdig in German?
verachtungswürdig appears about once in every 74 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).