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verhärmt

German, adjective/fɛɐ̯ˈhɛʁmt/

verhärmt is spelled V-E-R-H-Ä-R-M-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verhärmt is a German adjective meaning “sorrowful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Kummer bedrückt”.

What does verhärmt mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    sorrowful

  2. 2

    haggard, careworn

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. durch Kummer bedrückt

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 verhärmt

  • verhärmter masculine nominative singular
  • am verhärmtesten superlative
  • verhärmte feminine nominative singular
  • verhärmtes neuter nominative singular
  • verhärmten genitive masculine singular
  • verhärmtem dative masculine singular
  • der verhärmte definite includes-article masculine
  • die verhärmte definite feminine includes-article
  • das verhärmte definite includes-article neuter
  • die verhärmten definite includes-article nominative
  • des verhärmten definite genitive includes-article
  • der verhärmten definite feminine genitive
  • dem verhärmten dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce verhärmt?

  • /fɛɐ̯ˈhɛʁmt/
  • [fɛɐ̯ˈhɛʁmt]

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

English words that translate to verhärmt

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

How common is verhärmt in German?

verhärmt appears about once in every 25 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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