verzweifelt
German, adjective[fɛɐ̯ˈt͡svaɪ̯fl̩t]
verzweifelt is spelled V-E-R-Z-W-E-I-F-E-L-T (11 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verzweifelt is a German adjective meaning “desperate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of verzweifeln. The German Wiktionary defines it as “keine Hoffnung (mehr) besitzend; äußerst pessimistisch”.
What does verzweifelt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
desperate
adverb
- 1
desperately
Er sucht verzweifelt nach Hilfe.
verb
- 1
past participle of verzweifeln
verb
- 1
third-person singular present
- 2
second-person plural present
- 3
plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. keine Hoffnung (mehr) besitzend; äußerst pessimistisch 2. sehr, intensiv
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 verzweifelt
- verzweifelter masculine nominative singular
- am verzweifeltsten superlative
- verzweifelte feminine nominative singular
- verzweifeltes neuter nominative singular
- verzweifelten genitive masculine singular
- verzweifeltem dative masculine singular
- der verzweifelte definite includes-article masculine
- die verzweifelte definite feminine includes-article
- das verzweifelte definite includes-article neuter
- die verzweifelten definite includes-article nominative
- des verzweifelten definite genitive includes-article
- der verzweifelten definite feminine genitive
- dem verzweifelten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verzweifelt?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡svaɪ̯fl̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verzweifelt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verzweifelt in German?
verzweifelt appears 13 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).