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verdutzt

German, adjective/ferˈdʊtst/

verdutzt is spelled V-E-R-D-U-T-Z-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verdutzt is a German adjective meaning “stunned, baffled, puzzled, disconcerted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of verdutzen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch etwas Unerwartetes in Erstaunen versetzt”.

What does verdutzt mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    stunned, baffled, puzzled, disconcerted

verb

  1. 1

    rarepast participle of verdutzen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. durch etwas Unerwartetes in Erstaunen versetzt

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 verdutzt

  • verdutzter masculine nominative singular
  • am verdutztesten superlative
  • verdutzte feminine nominative singular
  • verdutztes neuter nominative singular
  • verdutzten genitive masculine singular
  • verdutztem dative masculine singular
  • der verdutzte definite includes-article masculine
  • die verdutzte definite feminine includes-article
  • das verdutzte definite includes-article neuter
  • die verdutzten definite includes-article nominative
  • des verdutzten definite genitive includes-article
  • der verdutzten definite feminine genitive
  • dem verdutzten dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce verdutzt?

  • /ferˈdʊtst/
  • [fɐˈdʊt͡st]
  • [fɛɐ̯-]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to verdutzt

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is verdutzt in German?

verdutzt appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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