verbesserungsbedürftig
[fɛɐ̯ˈbɛsəʁʊŋsbəˌdʏʁftɪç]
The verdict
“verbesserungsbedürftig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nicht gut genug; so, dass etwas in einen besseren Zustand gebracht werden muss
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verbesserungsbedürftig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈbɛsəʁʊŋsbəˌdʏʁftɪç] |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verbesserungsbedürftig” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
verbesserungsbedürftig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈbɛsəʁʊŋsbəˌdʏʁftɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht gut genug; so, dass etwas in einen besseren Zustand gebracht werden muss".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verbesserungsbedürftig, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is verbesserungsbedürftig, spelled V-E-R-B-E-S-S-E-R-U-N-G-S-B-E-D-Ü-R-F-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1nicht gut genug; so, dass etwas in einen besseren Zustand gebracht werden muss
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.
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Using “verbesserungsbedürftig”
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- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-B-E-S-S-E-R-U-N-G-S-B-E-D-Ü-R-F-T-I-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈbɛsəʁʊŋsbəˌdʏʁftɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.