verkehrt
German, adjective[fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯t]
verkehrt is spelled V-E-R-K-E-H-R-T (8 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 6,780th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verkehrt is a German adjective meaning “wrong” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of verkehren. The German Wiktionary defines it as “falsch, dem Richtigen widersprechend”.
What does verkehrt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wrong
verb
- 1
past participle of verkehren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. falsch, dem Richtigen widersprechend
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 verkehrt
- verkehrter masculine nominative singular
- am verkehrtesten superlative
- verkehrte feminine nominative singular
- verkehrtes neuter nominative singular
- verkehrten genitive masculine singular
- verkehrtem dative masculine singular
- der verkehrte definite includes-article masculine
- die verkehrte definite feminine includes-article
- das verkehrte definite includes-article neuter
- die verkehrten definite includes-article nominative
- des verkehrten definite genitive includes-article
- der verkehrten definite feminine genitive
- dem verkehrten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verkehrt?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verkehrt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verkehrt in German?
verkehrt appears 10 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).