ven

[ˈven]

/[ˈven]/ noun

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The verdict

“ven” is uncommon German (frequency #73,049 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,049
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, mit der man befreundet ist; Freund

Corpus desk

Index DE-ven · ven · German

ven · rank #73,049 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,049
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verarmte

Nearest frequency peer: verarmte (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ven“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ven“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ven
PropertyValue
Headwordven
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈven]
Letters3
Frequency rank#73,049
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ven“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.venfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verarmte“ (#73,050), „verbraten“ (#73,051), „Vasall“ (#73,046). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „ven“ bei #73,049. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ven is uncommon German at frequency #73,049 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈven]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

ven has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is ven, spelled V-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, mit der man befreundet ist; Freund
  2. 2
    Person, die etwas besonders mag; Freund
  3. 3
    Person, mit der man eine Liebesbeziehung führt; Freund

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Min bedste ven hedder Hans.

This word in other languages

friend(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ven"?
"ven" is spelled V-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈven].
What does "ven" mean?
As a noun, "ven" means: Person, mit der man befreundet ist; Freund
How do you pronounce "ven"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ven" is [ˈven]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ven" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ven", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

WBS#73,096suu#72,980sou#72,947SGD#72,924

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list