vanish

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The verdict

“vanish” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Wahrnehmungsbereich (plötzlich) verlassen, verschwinden

Corpus desk

Index DE-vanish · vanish · German

vanish · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for vanish
PropertyValue
Headwordvanish
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „vanish“ im Deutschen

vanishliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vanish is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vanish, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is vanish, spelled V-A-N-I-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Wahrnehmungsbereich (plötzlich) verlassen, verschwinden
  2. 2
    aufhören zu existieren, verschwinden
  3. 3
    den Wert Null annehmen, verschwinden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vanish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The smile vanishes from her face. The men vanished into the fog.
  2. Her courage vanished. At the end of the Cretaceous period, the dinosaurs vanished from the Earth.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vanish"?
"vanish" is spelled V-A-N-I-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "vanish" mean?
As a verb, "vanish" means: den Wahrnehmungsbereich (plötzlich) verlassen, verschwinden
How do you pronounce "vanish"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vanish" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vanish" come from?
"vanish" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list