Rotten

"Rotten" in German

faul

(decayed, gone bad)

faulig

(decayed, gone bad)

gammelig

(decayed, gone bad)

gemein

(cruel, mean or immoral)

hundsgemein

(cruel, mean or immoral)

kariös

(decayed, gone bad)

mies

(cruel, mean or immoral)

morsch

(decayed, gone bad)

niederträchtig

(cruel, mean or immoral)

saumässig

(bad or terrible)

saumäßig

(bad or terrible)

scheusslich

(cruel, mean or immoral)

scheußlich

(cruel, mean or immoral)

schlecht

(decayed, gone bad)

schlecht

(bad or terrible)

schlimm

(bad or terrible)

verdorben

(decayed, gone bad)

verfault

(decayed, gone bad)

vergammelt

(decayed, gone bad)

verrottet

(decayed, gone bad)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.