velmi
[ˈvɛlmɪ]
The verdict
“velmi” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - drückt ein großes Maß, eine große Intensität aus: sehr, überaus
Corpus desk
Index DE-velmi · velmi · German
velmi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | velmi |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈvɛlmɪ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „velmi“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
velmi is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈvɛlmɪ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "drückt ein großes Maß, eine große Intensität aus: sehr, überaus".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for velmi, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is velmi, spelled V-E-L-M-I.
Definition
- 1drückt ein großes Maß, eine große Intensität aus: sehr, überaus
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how velmi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Holanďané mluví velmi dobře anglicky.
Velmi ráda vaří.
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.