verraten
German, verb
verraten is spelled V-E-R-R-A-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written German, the 3,888th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verraten is a German verb meaning “to betray, to be disloyal to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verraten is a different word: “gerund of verraten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem ein Geheimnis oder eine vertrauliche Nachricht preisgeben”.
What does verraten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to betray, to be disloyal to
Deine sogenannten Freunde haben dich verraten.
- 2
to reveal (something secret)
Er hat mir das Geheimnis verraten.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verraten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem ein Geheimnis oder eine vertrauliche Nachricht preisgeben 2. jemandes Identität oder Aufenthaltsort einer Person/Instanz mitteilen, die jenen verfolgt 3. arglistig Partei wider jemanden ergreifen, zu dem man in einem Loyalitätsverhältnis steht 4. mutwillig eine Gruppe, zu der man gehört, in einer Konfliktsituation im Stich lassen oder schädigen
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 verraten
- verrät present singular third-person
- verriet past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- verratend participle present
- verrate first-person indicative present
- verrätst indicative present second-person
- verratet indicative plural present
- verratest second-person singular subjunctive
- verrieten first-person indicative plural
- verriete first-person formal rare
- verrietest indicative preterite second-person
- verrietst indicative preterite second-person
- verrietet indicative plural preterite
- verrat imperative second-person singular
- habe verraten first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verrate! imperative singular
- verratet! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verraten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verraten in German?
verraten appears 20 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).