verdummen
German, verb
verdummen is spelled V-E-R-D-U-M-M-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 179,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verdummen is a German verb meaning “to influence (someone) such that they become stupid and uncritically accept ideas and arguments” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verdummen is a different word: “gerund of verdummen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “dumm werden”.
What does verdummen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to influence (someone) such that they become stupid and uncritically accept ideas and arguments
- 2
to become stupid and uncritical
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verdummen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dumm werden 2. jemanden dumm halten/machen
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 verdummen
- verdummt present singular third-person
- verdummte past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- verdummend participle present
- verdumme first-person indicative present
- verdummst indicative present second-person
- verdummest second-person singular subjunctive
- verdummet plural second-person subjunctive
- verdummten first-person indicative plural
- verdummtest indicative preterite second-person
- verdummtet indicative plural preterite
- verdumm imperative second-person singular
- verdumm! imperative singular
- verdumme! imperative singular
- verdummt! imperative plural
- verdummt sein active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verdummen in German?
verdummen appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).