verbergenvsverborgeneTell them apart

Quick tell: verbergen is a verb, verborgene is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“verbergen” is a verb and “verborgene” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,680
“verbergen” frequency rank
#24,558
“verborgene” frequency rank
32238
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verbergen verborgene
Definition sich verstecken, damit man nicht gefunden wird Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verborgen

Where the eye mixes verbergen and verborgene

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. verbergen runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against verborgene's 10 (CVCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
verbergen
10 ch
verborgene

Visual trap between verbergen and verborgene

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verbergen is [fɛɐ̯ˈbɛʁɡn̩] while verborgene is [fɛɐ̯ˈbɔʁɡənə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32238, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verbergen is recorded at frequency rank #7,680, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbɛʁɡn̩]. verborgene is at rank #24,558, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbɔʁɡənə].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 32238, this pair ranks #1,711,807 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verbergen vs verborgene

Shared letters: begnrv. Private to "verbergen": -. Private to "verborgene": o.

"verbergen" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "verborgene" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verbergen ← evrbergen · vebrergen · verbbergen · verbegren · verberegn · verbergenn · verberggen · verbergne
  • verborgene ← evrborgene · vebrorgene · verbborgene · verbogrene · verboregne · verborgeen · verborggene · verborgnee

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verbergen" and "verborgene" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "verbergen" is a verb and "verborgene" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "verbergen" vs "verborgene" - which ranks higher?
"verbergen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,680 in our German list, against #24,558 for "verborgene". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "verbergen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verborgene" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,711,807 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verbergen" and "verborgene" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verborgene vs verlogene". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,711,807 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list