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verkopft

German, adjective/fɛɐ̯ˈkɔpft/

verkopft is spelled V-E-R-K-O-P-F-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verkopft is a German adjective meaning “overly intellectual; heady” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of verkopfen (literally “to become all head”). The German Wiktionary defines it as “übertrieben abstrakt und intellektuell”.

What does verkopft mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    colloquialoverly intellectual; heady

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of verkopfen (literally “to become all head”)

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. übertrieben abstrakt und intellektuell

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 verkopft

  • verkopfter masculine nominative singular
  • am verkopftesten superlative
  • verkopfte feminine nominative singular
  • verkopftes neuter nominative singular
  • verkopften genitive masculine singular
  • verkopftem dative masculine singular
  • der verkopfte definite includes-article masculine
  • die verkopfte definite feminine includes-article
  • das verkopfte definite includes-article neuter
  • die verkopften definite includes-article nominative
  • des verkopften definite genitive includes-article
  • der verkopften definite feminine genitive
  • dem verkopften dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce verkopft?

  • /fɛɐ̯ˈkɔpft/
  • [fɛɐ̯ˈkɔp͡ft]

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

English words that translate to verkopft

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

How common is verkopft in German?

verkopft appears about once in every 13 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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