Verantwortung

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,575

in German word usage

Misspellings

21

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Verantwortung is aGermannoun. It means: (Selbst-)Verpflichtung für eine Sache oder Person; Bereitschaft, für seine Handlungen einzustehen Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋ]. It ranks #1,575 in German word frequency. Often confused with verantworten.

Key facts for Verantwortung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerantwortung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#1,575
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Verantwortung in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Verantwortung is 13 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,575 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 21 documented wrong-spelling variants for Verantwortung, with forms such as "evrantwortung", "vearntwortung", and "veranntwortung". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "verantworten", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Verantwortung, spelled V-E-R-A-N-T-W-O-R-T-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Selbst-)Verpflichtung für eine Sache oder Person; Bereitschaft, für seine Handlungen einzustehen
  2. 2
    Erklärung eines Angeklagten/Beschuldigten zur Beschuldigung

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrantwortung,vearntwortung,veranntwortung,verantowrtung,veranttwortung,verantworrtung,verantwortnug,verantworttung,verantwortugn,verantwortungg,verantwortunng,verantworutng,verantwotrung,verantwrotung,verantwwortung,veranwtortung,veratnwortung,vernatwortung,verrantwortung,vreantwortung,vverantwortung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Verantwortung

Misspelling Variants of "Verantwortung"

evrantwortung13vearntwortung13veranntwortung14verantowrtung13veranttwortung14verantworrtung14verantwortnug13verantworttung14
Misspelling Variants of "Verantwortung"

Frequency rank: #1,575 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Verantwortung"?
"Verantwortung" is spelled V-E-R-A-N-T-W-O-R-T-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋ].
What does "Verantwortung" mean?
As a noun, "Verantwortung" means: (Selbst-)Verpflichtung für eine Sache oder Person; Bereitschaft, für seine Handlungen einzustehen
What words are commonly confused with "Verantwortung"?
"Verantwortung" is commonly confused with "verantworten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Verantwortung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verantwortung" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verantwortung" come from?
"Verantwortung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.