Verrat
German, noun
Verrat is spelled V-E-R-R-A-T (6 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 6,912th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verrat is a German masculine noun meaning “treason, betrayal, treachery, backstabbing, bewrayment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, verrat is a different word: “singular imperative of verraten”. On this page, verrät is a different word: “third-person singular present of verraten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Weitergabe von Informationen ohne das Einverständnis des Betroffenen”.
What does Verrat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetreason, betrayal, treachery, backstabbing, bewrayment
- 2
masculinethe act of divulging, revealing
verb
- 1
singular imperative of verraten
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of verraten
verb
- 1
third-person singular present of verraten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Weitergabe von Informationen ohne das Einverständnis des Betroffenen
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 Verrat
- Verrats genitive
- Verrates genitive
- Verrate dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Verrat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verrat in German?
Verrat 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).