verarmt

[fɛɐ̯ˈʔaʁmt]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʔaʁmt]/ adj

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The verdict

“verarmt” is uncommon German (frequency #53,332 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,332
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - arm geworden, sein Vermögen verloren habend

Corpus desk

Index DE-verarmt · verarmt · German

verarmt · rank #53,332 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,332
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verdeckter

Nearest frequency peer: verdeckter (+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 „verarmt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verarmt
PropertyValue
Headwordverarmt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʔaʁmt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,332
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verarmt“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).verarmtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verdeckter“ (#53,333), „verfliegt“ (#53,334), „vergib“ (#53,335). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verarmt“ bei #53,332. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verarmt is uncommon German at frequency #53,332 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaʁmt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "arm geworden, sein Vermögen verloren habend".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for verarmt, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is verarmt, spelled V-E-R-A-R-M-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    arm geworden, sein Vermögen verloren habend

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Im Juli und August hatte Roberts schon versucht, Botha die Versorgung vertriebener und verarmter Burenfamilien aufzubürden, aber im September stand er wieder vor dem gleichen Problem.“

This word in other languages

impoverished(English)empobrecido(Español)appauvri(Français)

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 "verarmt"?
"verarmt" is spelled V-E-R-A-R-M-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaʁmt].
What does "verarmt" mean?
As an adjective, "verarmt" means: arm geworden, sein Vermögen verloren habend
How do you pronounce "verarmt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verarmt" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaʁmt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verarmt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Unicode#53,314uneinig#53,310Täterin#53,304Tonhöhe#53,293

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list