Verdacht
German, noun/fɛɐ̯.ˈdaχt/
Verdacht is spelled V-E-R-D-A-C-H-T (8 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written German, the 3,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verdacht is a German masculine noun meaning “suspicion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Annahme, Vermutung, dass ein bestimmter Sachverhalt vorliege, ohne dass man es genau weiß”.
What does Verdacht mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesuspicion
unter Verdacht stehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Annahme, Vermutung, dass ein bestimmter Sachverhalt vorliege, ohne dass man es genau weiß 2. vorläufige Annahme einer rechtswidrigen Handlung oder Unterlassung
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 Verdacht
- Verdachtes genitive
- Verdachts genitive
- Verdachte plural uncommon
- Verdächte plural
- Verdachten dative definite plural
- Verdächten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Verdacht?
- /fɛɐ̯.ˈdaχt/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈdaxt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Verdacht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verdacht in German?
Verdacht appears 23 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).