verunglimpfen
German, verb
verunglimpfen is spelled V-E-R-U-N-G-L-I-M-P-F-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 68,093rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verunglimpfen is a German verb meaning “to vilify, denigrate, libel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verunglimpfen is a different word: “gerund of verunglimpfen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand oder etwas schlechtmachen”.
What does verunglimpfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to vilify, denigrate, libel
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verunglimpfen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemand oder etwas schlechtmachen
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 verunglimpfen
- verunglimpft present singular third-person
- verunglimpfte past
- haben auxiliary
- verunglimpfend participle present
- verunglimpfe first-person indicative present
- verunglimpfst indicative present second-person
- verunglimpfest second-person singular subjunctive
- verunglimpfet plural second-person subjunctive
- verunglimpften first-person indicative plural
- verunglimpftest indicative preterite second-person
- verunglimpftet indicative plural preterite
- verunglimpf imperative second-person singular
- habe verunglimpft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verunglimpft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verunglimpfe! imperative singular
- verunglimpf! imperative singular
- verunglimpft! imperative plural
- verunglimpft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verunglimpfen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verunglimpfen in German?
verunglimpfen 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).