Verballhornung
German, noun[fɛɐ̯ˈbalˌhɔʁnʊŋ]
Verballhornung is spelled V-E-R-B-A-L-L-H-O-R-N-U-N-G (14 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 98,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verballhornung is a German feminine noun meaning “distortion of a word” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das durch vermeintliches Verbessern verschlimmert wurde”.
What does Verballhornung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedistortion of a word
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, das durch vermeintliches Verbessern verschlimmert wurde
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Verballhornung
- Verballhornungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Verballhornung?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈbalˌhɔʁnʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Verballhornung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verballhornung in German?
Verballhornung appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).