verdorben
German, adjective[fɛɐ̯ˈdɔʁbn̩]
verdorben is spelled V-E-R-D-O-R-B-E-N (9 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verdorben is a German adjective meaning “tainted, spoiled, putrid (of food)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of verderben. The German Wiktionary defines it as “als Essen schlecht geworden, als Lebensmittel nicht mehr zum Verzehr geeignet”.
What does verdorben mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tainted, spoiled, putrid (of food)
- 2
corrupt, tainted, depraved (morally)
verb
- 1
past participle of verderben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. als Essen schlecht geworden, als Lebensmittel nicht mehr zum Verzehr geeignet 2. schlechte Gedanken habend (besonders sexueller Art)
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 verdorben
- verdorbener masculine nominative singular
- am verdorbensten superlative
- verdorbene feminine nominative singular
- verdorbenes neuter nominative singular
- verdorbenen genitive masculine singular
- verdorbenem dative masculine singular
- der verdorbene definite includes-article masculine
- die verdorbene definite feminine includes-article
- das verdorbene definite includes-article neuter
- die verdorbenen definite includes-article nominative
- des verdorbenen definite genitive includes-article
- der verdorbenen definite feminine genitive
- dem verdorbenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verdorben?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈdɔʁbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verdorben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verdorben in German?
verdorben appears 2.5 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).