verspätet
German, adjective/fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtət/
verspätet is spelled V-E-R-S-P-Ä-T-E-T (9 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written German, the 14,528th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verspätet is a German adjective meaning “belated, late” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of verspäten. The German Wiktionary defines it as “unplanmäßig spät, unpünktlich”.
What does verspätet mean in English?
adjective
- 1
belated, late
verb
- 1
past participle of verspäten
verb
- 1
third-person singular present/preterite
- 2
second-person plural present
- 3
plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unplanmäßig spät, unpünktlich
verb: 1. Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verspäten
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 verspätet
- verspäteter masculine nominative singular
- verspätete feminine nominative singular
- verspätetes neuter nominative singular
- verspäteten genitive masculine singular
- verspätetem dative masculine singular
- der verspätete definite includes-article masculine
- die verspätete definite feminine includes-article
- das verspätete definite includes-article neuter
- die verspäteten definite includes-article nominative
- des verspäteten definite genitive includes-article
- der verspäteten definite feminine genitive
- dem verspäteten dative definite includes-article
- den verspäteten dative definite includes-article
- am verspätetsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verspätet?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtət/
- /-ˈʃpeːtət/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtət]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verspätet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verspätet in German?
verspätet appears 4.0 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).