verarmen
[fɛɐ̯ˈʔaʁmən]
The verdict
“verarmen” is uncommon German (frequency #88,446 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,446
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - arm werden, sein Vermögen verlieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-verarmen · verarmen · German
verarmen · rank #88,446 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,446
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verachtete
Nearest frequency peer: verachtete (-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 „verarmen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Vagabund
Vagabund
11,559 corpus weight
- verachtete
verachtete
11,556 corpus weight
- verarmen
verarmen
11,555 corpus weight
- verbeugt
verbeugt
11,554 corpus weight
- Verbundes
Verbundes
11,553 corpus weight
- verfassungs…
verfassungswidriger
11,552 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verarmen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verarmen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaʁmən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,446 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verarmen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verarmen is uncommon German at frequency #88,446 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaʁmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "arm werden, sein Vermögen verlieren".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verarmen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is verarmen, spelled V-E-R-A-R-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1arm werden, sein Vermögen verlieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verarmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Laufe der Jahrhunderte verarmte der Adel zusehends.
Er ist in einer verarmten Provinz aufgewachsen.
This word in other languages
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.
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