Verdienst
German, noun
Verdienst is spelled V-E-R-D-I-E-N-S-T (9 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verdienst is a German neuter noun meaning “merit (something worthy of a high rating)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, verdienst is a different word: “second-person singular present of verdienen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geld, das man für seine Arbeit bekommt”.
What does Verdienst mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutermerit (something worthy of a high rating)
Wir wurden für unsere Verdienste ausgezeichnet.
noun
- 1
masculinewages, earnings, income
Ihr Verdienst wird Ihnen natürlich jeden Monat auf Ihr Konto überwiesen.
verb
- 1
second-person singular present of verdienen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Geld, das man für seine Arbeit bekommt
noun: 1. vergangenes Tun oder Verhalten, für das Dank und Anerkennung angemessen sind
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 Verdienst
- Verdienstes genitive
- Verdiensts genitive
- Verdienste plural
- Verdiensten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Verdienst
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verdienst in German?
Verdienst appears 13 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).