verteufeln
German, verb
verteufeln is spelled V-E-R-T-E-U-F-E-L-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,036th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verteufeln is a German verb meaning “to demonize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verteufeln is a different word: “gerund of verteufeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zur Ursache allen Übels erklären, schlecht machen, verunglimpfen”.
What does verteufeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to demonize
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verteufeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zur Ursache allen Übels erklären, schlecht machen, verunglimpfen
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 verteufeln
- verteufelt present singular third-person
- verteufelte past
- haben auxiliary
- verteufelnd participle present
- verteufle first-person indicative present
- verteufele first-person indicative present
- verteufel first-person indicative present
- verteufelst indicative present second-person
- verteufelest second-person singular subjunctive
- verteuflest second-person singular subjunctive
- verteufelet plural second-person subjunctive
- verteuflet plural second-person subjunctive
- verteufelten first-person indicative plural
- verteufeltest indicative preterite second-person
- verteufeltet indicative plural preterite
- verteufele! imperative singular
- verteufelt! imperative plural
- verteufelt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verteufeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verteufeln in German?
verteufeln appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).