verleumderisch
German, adjective/fɛɐ̯ˈlɔɪ̯mdəʁɪʃ/
verleumderisch is spelled V-E-R-L-E-U-M-D-E-R-I-S-C-H (14 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verleumderisch is a German adjective meaning “defamatory, slanderous, libelous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Art eines Verleumders, einer Verleumdung, andere verleumdend”.
What does verleumderisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
defamatory, slanderous, libelous
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in der Art eines Verleumders, einer Verleumdung, andere verleumdend
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 verleumderisch
- verleumderischer masculine nominative singular
- am verleumderischsten superlative
- verleumderische feminine nominative singular
- verleumderisches neuter nominative singular
- verleumderischen genitive masculine singular
- verleumderischem dative masculine singular
- der verleumderische definite includes-article masculine
- die verleumderische definite feminine includes-article
- das verleumderische definite includes-article neuter
- die verleumderischen definite includes-article nominative
- des verleumderischen definite genitive includes-article
- der verleumderischen definite feminine genitive
- dem verleumderischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verleumderisch?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈlɔɪ̯mdəʁɪʃ/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈlɔɪ̯mdəʁɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verleumderisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verleumderisch in German?
verleumderisch appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).