vertan
German, adjective/fɛʁˈtaːn/
vertan is spelled V-E-R-T-A-N (6 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,120th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vertan is a German adjective meaning “wasted (not profitably used)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of vertun. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(als Ressource) ohne Erfolg eingesetzt”.
What does vertan mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wasted (not profitably used)
verb
- 1
past participle of vertun
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. (als Ressource) ohne Erfolg eingesetzt
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 vertan
- vertaner masculine nominative singular
- vertane feminine nominative singular
- vertanes neuter nominative singular
- vertanen genitive masculine singular
- vertanem dative masculine singular
- der vertane definite includes-article masculine
- die vertane definite feminine includes-article
- das vertane definite includes-article neuter
- die vertanen definite includes-article nominative
- des vertanen definite genitive includes-article
- der vertanen definite feminine genitive
- dem vertanen dative definite includes-article
- den vertanen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vertan?
- /fɛʁˈtaːn/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈtaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vertan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vertan in German?
vertan appears 1.6 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).