vertun
German, verb
vertun is spelled V-E-R-T-U-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vertun is a German verb meaning “to make a mistake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vertun is a different word: “gerund of vertun”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(etwas, das zumeist wertvoll, unwiederbringlich oder dergleichen ist) unnützerweise, mit Nichtigkeiten…”.
What does vertun mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make a mistake
Da hab ich mich wohl vertan.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vertun
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (etwas, das zumeist wertvoll, unwiederbringlich oder dergleichen ist) unnützerweise, mit Nichtigkeiten verschwenden, vergeuden 2. etwas irrtümlicherweise für wahr oder richtig erachten, einen Fehler (bei etwas) begehen 3. uneingeschränkt seinem Bewegungsdrang nachgeben, ungezügelt herumtollen; sich beschäftigen
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 vertun
- vertut present singular third-person
- vertat past
- vertan participle past
- vertäte past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- vertuend participle present
- vertue first-person indicative present
- vertuen first-person plural subjunctive
- vertust indicative present second-person
- vertuest second-person singular subjunctive
- vertuet plural second-person subjunctive
- vertaten first-person indicative plural
- vertäten first-person formal plural
- vertatest indicative preterite second-person
- vertatst indicative preterite second-person
- vertatet indicative plural preterite
- vertätest formal rare second-person
- vertätet formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vertun
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vertun in German?
vertun appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).