veralbern
[fɛɐ̯ˈʔalbɐn]
The verdict
“veralbern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich über jemanden lustig machen, ihn narren, täuschen, aber auch (freundschaftlich) necken
Corpus desk
Index DE-veralbern · veralbern · German
veralbern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | veralbern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʔalbɐn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „veralbern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
veralbern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʔalbɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
veralbern has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is veralbern, spelled V-E-R-A-L-B-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1sich über jemanden lustig machen, ihn narren, täuschen, aber auch (freundschaftlich) necken
- 2jemanden verspotten, ihn durch Spott und Satire herabsetzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how veralbern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Enkel veralbern die Oma und machen ihre und die Stimme des Opas nach.
Veralbern kann ich mich selber!
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.