vernichtend
German, adjective/fɛɐ̯ˈnɪçtn̩t/
vernichtend is spelled V-E-R-N-I-C-H-T-E-N-D (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,091st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vernichtend is a German adjective meaning “crushing, devastating, destroying, withering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of vernichten. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr negativ”.
What does vernichtend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
crushing, devastating, destroying, withering
eine vernichtende Niederlage
verb
- 1
present participle of vernichten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sehr negativ
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 vernichtend
- vernichtender masculine nominative singular
- am vernichtendsten superlative
- vernichtende feminine nominative singular
- vernichtendes neuter nominative singular
- vernichtenden genitive masculine singular
- vernichtendem dative masculine singular
- der vernichtende definite includes-article masculine
- die vernichtende definite feminine includes-article
- das vernichtende definite includes-article neuter
- die vernichtenden definite includes-article nominative
- des vernichtenden definite genitive includes-article
- der vernichtenden definite feminine genitive
- dem vernichtenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vernichtend?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈnɪçtn̩t/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈnɪçtn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vernichtend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vernichtend in German?
vernichtend appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).