verbotenerweise
German, adverb[fɛɐ̯ˈboːtənɐˌvaɪ̯zə]
verbotenerweise is spelled V-E-R-B-O-T-E-N-E-R-W-E-I-S-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 95,383rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verbotenerweise is a German adverb meaning “illicitly, illegally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “trotz eines Verbots, ein Verbot ignorierend”.
What does verbotenerweise mean in English?
adverb
- 1
illicitly, illegally
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. trotz eines Verbots, ein Verbot ignorierend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce verbotenerweise?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈboːtənɐˌvaɪ̯zə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is verbotenerweise in German?
verbotenerweise 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).