verballern
[fɛɐ̯ˈbalɐn]
The verdict
“verballern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Ressource (besonders Geld) nicht sachgerecht, aber zum eigenen Vergnügen, verbrauchen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verballern · verballern · German
verballern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | verballern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈbalɐn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verballern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verballern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈbalɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
verballern doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 verballern, spelled V-E-R-B-A-L-L-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1eine Ressource (besonders Geld) nicht sachgerecht, aber zum eigenen Vergnügen, verbrauchen
- 2neben oder nicht auf das Ziel schießen
- 3zu Geld machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verballern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sag nicht, du hast die ganze Kohle verballert!
Leider habe ich alle meine Urlaubstage verballert.
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.