verbeißen
[fɛɐ̯ˈbaɪ̯sn̩]
The verdict
“verbeißen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich voll auf eine Aufgabe/Tätigkeit/Idee einlassen und nicht mehr davon lassen können
Corpus desk
Index DE-verbei-en · verbeißen · German
verbeißen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | verbeißen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈbaɪ̯sn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verbeißen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verbeißen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈbaɪ̯sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for verbeißen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is verbeißen, spelled V-E-R-B-E-I-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich voll auf eine Aufgabe/Tätigkeit/Idee einlassen und nicht mehr davon lassen können
- 2so sehr mit den Zähnen zubeißen, dass ein Loslassen nicht mehr möglich ist
- 3sich etwas untersagen, es nicht tun, obwohl es nahe gelegen hätte
- 4durch Nagen und Knabbern beschädigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verbeißen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach dem Unglück verbiss sie sich erneut in die Arbeit.
Die Bulldogge verbiss sich im Ärmel des Angreifers.
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.