verdrahten
German, verb[fɛɐ̯ˈdʁaːtn̩]
verdrahten is spelled V-E-R-D-R-A-H-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 225,828th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verdrahten is a German verb meaning “to wire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Kabel (Draht) verbinden, so dass eine (elektrische) Leitung entsteht (manchmal implizit mit besonderem…”.
What does verdrahten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wire
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit Kabel (Draht) verbinden, so dass eine (elektrische) Leitung entsteht (manchmal implizit mit besonderem Zweck wie zum Beispiel dem Abhören von Gesprächen) 2. mit Metalldraht/Maschendraht/Stacheldraht den Zugang/Durchgang versperren
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 verdrahten
- verdrahtet present singular third-person
- verdrahtete past
- haben auxiliary
- verdrahtend participle present
- verdrahte first-person indicative present
- verdrahtest indicative present second-person
- verdrahteten first-person indicative plural
- verdrahtetest indicative preterite second-person
- verdrahtetet indicative plural preterite
- verdraht imperative second-person singular
- habe verdrahtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verdrahtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verdraht! imperative singular
- verdrahte! imperative singular
- verdrahtet! imperative plural
- verdrahtet haben active infinitive perfect
- verdrahtet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- verdrahtet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verdrahten?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁaːtn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is verdrahten in German?
verdrahten appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).