Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

verkakte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: verkak-te
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

messy, sloppy, dysfunctional

Etymology

From Yiddish פֿאַרקאַקטע (farkakte), inflected form of פֿאַרקאַקט (farkakt, “shitty, turned into shit, shat upon”). Compare synonymous German verkackt. The English forms with v- are influenced by the German spelling of the prefix ver-.

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

more verkakte (comparative) most verkakte (superlative) facacta (alternative) farkakteh (alternative) fakakta (alternative) fakakte (alternative) ferkakte (alternative) ferkakta (alternative) farkakta (alternative) facocta (alternative) farkakte (alternative) fercocta (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

becocked

Questions

What does verkakte mean?: shitty, crappy
Where does verkakte come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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