veraltend
[fɛɐ̯ˈʔaltənt]
The verdict
“veraltend” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - im Prozess des Veraltens sein; außer Gebrauch kommend, Alterserscheinungen und Alterungserscheinungen zeigend
Corpus desk
Index DE-veraltend · veraltend · German
veraltend · 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 | veraltend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaltənt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „veraltend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
veraltend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaltənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "im Prozess des Veraltens sein; außer Gebrauch kommend, Alterserscheinungen und Alterungserscheinungen zeigend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for veraltend, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 veraltend, spelled V-E-R-A-L-T-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1im Prozess des Veraltens sein; außer Gebrauch kommend, Alterserscheinungen und Alterungserscheinungen zeigend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how veraltend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Wort macht einen veraltenden Eindruck. So sagt das doch heute kein junger Mensch mehr.
Versuchen Sie doch bitte, in Ihrem Text solche veraltenden Ausdrücke durch gebräuchlichere zu ersetzen.
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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.