verdutzen
German, verb[fɛɐ̯ˈdʊt͡sn̩]
verdutzen is spelled V-E-R-D-U-T-Z-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written German, the 602,508th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verdutzen is a German verb meaning “to flabbergast, stun, confuse, baffle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden verwirren, in Erstaunen versetzen”.
What does verdutzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
rareto flabbergast, stun, confuse, baffle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden verwirren, in Erstaunen versetzen
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 verdutzen
- verdutzt present singular third-person
- verdutzte past
- haben auxiliary
- verdutzend participle present
- verdutze first-person indicative present
- verdutzest second-person singular subjunctive
- verdutzet plural second-person subjunctive
- verdutzten first-person indicative plural
- verdutztest indicative preterite second-person
- verdutztet indicative plural preterite
- verdutz imperative second-person singular
- habe verdutzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verdutzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verdutz! imperative singular
- verdutze! imperative singular
- verdutzt! imperative plural
- verdutzt haben active infinitive perfect
- verdutzt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verdutzen?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈdʊt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verdutzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verdutzen in German?
verdutzen appears about once in every 91 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).