verrufen
German, verb/fɛɐ̯ˈʁuːfn̩/
verrufen is spelled V-E-R-R-U-F-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 161,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verrufen is a German verb meaning “to make infamous, to cause to have a bad reputation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of verrufen.
What does verrufen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make infamous, to cause to have a bad reputation
adjective
- 1
notorious, infamous
verb
- 1
past participle of verrufen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. einen schlechten Ruf habend/in schlechtem Ruf stehend
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 verrufen
- verruft present singular third-person
- verrief past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- verrufend participle present
- verrufe first-person indicative present
- verrufst indicative present second-person
- verrufest second-person singular subjunctive
- verrufet plural second-person subjunctive
- verriefen first-person indicative plural
- verriefe first-person formal rare
- verriefst indicative preterite second-person
- verrieft indicative plural preterite
- verriefest formal rare second-person
- verriefet formal plural rare
- verruf imperative second-person singular
- verrufener comparative
- am verrufensten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verrufen?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʁuːfn̩/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʁuːfn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is verrufen in German?
verrufen appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).