verleiden
German, verb
verleiden is spelled V-E-R-L-E-I-D-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 168,023rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verleiden is a German verb meaning “to put someone off something, to ruin or spoil something for someone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verleiden is a different word: “gerund of verleiden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem die Freude an etwas nehmen, jemandem etwas verderben”.
What does verleiden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put someone off something, to ruin or spoil something for someone
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verleiden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem die Freude an etwas nehmen, jemandem etwas verderben
verb: 1. etwas erleiden, etwas aushalten 2. sich anstrengen, sich abmühen
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 verleiden
- verleidet present singular third-person
- verleidete past
- haben auxiliary
- verleidend participle present
- verleide first-person indicative present
- verleidest indicative present second-person
- verleideten first-person indicative plural
- verleidetest indicative preterite second-person
- verleidetet indicative plural preterite
- verleid imperative second-person singular
- habe verleidet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verleidet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verleide! imperative singular
- verleidet! imperative plural
- verleidet haben regular active infinitive
- verleidet werden regular processual-passive infinitive
- verleidet worden sein regular processual-passive infinitive
- verleidet sein regular statal-passive infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verleiden in German?
verleiden appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).