verbilligen
[fɛɐ̯ˈbɪlɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“verbilligen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Preis von etwas herabsetzen, etwas billiger machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verbilligen · verbilligen · German
verbilligen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | verbilligen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈbɪlɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verbilligen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verbilligen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈbɪlɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
verbilligen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is verbilligen, spelled V-E-R-B-I-L-L-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1den Preis von etwas herabsetzen, etwas billiger machen
- 2billiger werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verbilligen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der neue Anbieter verbilligte die Tickets um 10 %.
„Wird der Kredit erweitert, das Geld verbilligt, dann steigt die Nachfrage nach Arbeit, steigt der Verbrauch, steigt die Erzeugung, werden wieder neue Arbeiter benötigt, steigt der Arbeitslohn und wieder der Verbrauch usw. Es ist nicht mehr nötig, durch Lohndruck die Ausfuhr zu verbilligen, wenn der Exporteur ein Agio von beispielsweise 20 % erhält.“ (1936)
Antonyms
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.