verdient
German, adjective[fɛɐ̯ˈdiːnt]
verdient is spelled V-E-R-D-I-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written German, the 1,082nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verdient is a German adjective meaning “deserved” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of verdienen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geld für eine Tätigkeit erhaltend”.
What does verdient mean in English?
adjective
- 1
deserved
- 2
meritorious
verb
- 1
past participle of verdienen
verb
- 1
third-person singular present
- 2
second-person plural present
- 3
plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Geld für eine Tätigkeit erhaltend 2. den angemessenen Gegenwert für etwas liefernd, die Voraussetzungen für etwas erfüllend
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 verdient
- verdienter masculine nominative singular
- verdiente feminine nominative singular
- verdientes neuter nominative singular
- verdienten genitive masculine singular
- verdientem dative masculine singular
- der verdiente definite includes-article masculine
- die verdiente definite feminine includes-article
- das verdiente definite includes-article neuter
- die verdienten definite includes-article nominative
- des verdienten definite genitive includes-article
- der verdienten definite feminine genitive
- dem verdienten dative definite includes-article
- den verdienten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verdient?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈdiːnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verdient
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verdient in German?
verdient appears 79 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).