verwerflich
German, adjective/fɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁflɪç/
verwerflich is spelled V-E-R-W-E-R-F-L-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,576th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verwerflich is a German adjective meaning “reprehensible (morally unacceptable)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “moralisch inakzeptabel und tadelnswert”.
What does verwerflich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
reprehensible (morally unacceptable)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. moralisch inakzeptabel und tadelnswert
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 verwerflich
- verwerflicher masculine nominative singular
- am verwerflichsten superlative
- verwerfliche feminine nominative singular
- verwerfliches neuter nominative singular
- verwerflichen genitive masculine singular
- verwerflichem dative masculine singular
- der verwerfliche definite includes-article masculine
- die verwerfliche definite feminine includes-article
- das verwerfliche definite includes-article neuter
- die verwerflichen definite includes-article nominative
- des verwerflichen definite genitive includes-article
- der verwerflichen definite feminine genitive
- dem verwerflichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verwerflich?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁflɪç/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁflɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verwerflich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verwerflich in German?
verwerflich 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).