verbeugen

[fɛɐ̯ˈbɔɪ̯ɡn̩]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈbɔɪ̯ɡn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“verbeugen” is uncommon German (frequency #95,046 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,046
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kopf und Oberkörper nach vorne neigen, meist zur Begrüßung

Corpus desk

Index DE-verbeugen · verbeugen · German

verbeugen · rank #95,046 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,046
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Verantwortung…

Nearest frequency peer: Verantwortungen (-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 „verbeugen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verbeugen
PropertyValue
Headwordverbeugen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈbɔɪ̯ɡn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#95,046
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verbeugen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.verbeugenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Verantwortungen“ (#95,045), „verborgener“ (#95,047), „Verdichter“ (#95,048). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verbeugen“ bei #95,046. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verbeugen is uncommon German at frequency #95,046 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈbɔɪ̯ɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kopf und Oberkörper nach vorne neigen, meist zur Begrüßung".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verbeugen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented 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 verbeugen, spelled V-E-R-B-E-U-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kopf und Oberkörper nach vorne neigen, meist zur Begrüßung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Das Ensemble verbeugte sich vor dem Publikum.
  2. „Der farbige Butler verbeugte sich stumm und ging.“

Synonyms

verneigen

This word in other languages

bow(English)incliner(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 "verbeugen"?
"verbeugen" is spelled V-E-R-B-E-U-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈbɔɪ̯ɡn̩].
What does "verbeugen" mean?
As a verb, "verbeugen" means: Kopf und Oberkörper nach vorne neigen, meist zur Begrüßung
How do you pronounce "verbeugen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verbeugen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈbɔɪ̯ɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verbeugen" come from?
"verbeugen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verdünnte#95,049verglühen#95,052upcycling#95,037verkratzt#95,056

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list