verrotten
German, verb
verrotten is spelled V-E-R-R-O-T-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verrotten is a German verb meaning “to rot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verrotten is a different word: “gerund of verrotten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in den Zersetzungsprozess übergehen, bis aus organischem Material Humus/Erde geworden ist”.
What does verrotten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rot
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verrotten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in den Zersetzungsprozess übergehen, bis aus organischem Material Humus/Erde geworden ist 2. (durch mangelnden Gebrauch und unsachgemäße Lagerung) langsam unbrauchbar werden 3. moralisch verderben
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 verrotten
- verrottet present singular third-person
- verrottete past
- sein auxiliary
- verrottend participle present
- verrotte first-person indicative present
- verrottest indicative present second-person
- verrotteten first-person indicative plural
- verrottetest indicative preterite second-person
- verrottetet indicative plural preterite
- verrott imperative second-person singular
- bin verrottet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind verrottet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verrott! imperative singular
- verrotte! imperative singular
- verrottet! imperative plural
- verrottet sein active infinitive perfect
- verrottet gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
- zu verrotten active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verrotten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verrotten in German?
verrotten 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).