verdattert
[fɛɐ̯ˈdatɐt]
The verdict
“verdattert” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - überrascht und verblüfft; plötzlich so sehr aus dem inneren Gleichgewicht gebracht, dass man einen Moment lang nicht weiß, was man sagen oder tun soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-verdattert · verdattert · German
verdattert · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verdattert |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈdatɐt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verdattert“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verdattert is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈdatɐt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "überrascht und verblüfft; plötzlich so sehr aus dem inneren Gleichgewicht gebracht, dass man einen Moment lang nicht weiß, was man sagen oder tun soll".
No misspelling variants are generated for verdattert in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is verdattert, spelled V-E-R-D-A-T-T-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1überrascht und verblüfft; plötzlich so sehr aus dem inneren Gleichgewicht gebracht, dass man einen Moment lang nicht weiß, was man sagen oder tun soll
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verdattert appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als er erklärte, er würde sie verlassen, starrte sie ihn völlig verdattert an.
Ich war ziemlich verdattert, als mir mein Klassenlehrer eine "5" für meinen Vortrag gab.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.