verbrecherisch
[fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛçəʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“verbrecherisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - derart moralisch inakzeptabel, dass es wie ein Verbrechen wirkt
Corpus desk
Index DE-verbrecherisch · verbrecherisch · German
verbrecherisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | verbrecherisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛçəʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verbrecherisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verbrecherisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛçəʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for verbrecherisch in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is verbrecherisch, spelled V-E-R-B-R-E-C-H-E-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1derart moralisch inakzeptabel, dass es wie ein Verbrechen wirkt
- 2keine Hemmungen habend, Straftaten zu begehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verbrecherisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der CDU-Vorstand von Kanzlerin Angela Merkel hat die fremdenfeindlichen Aktionen in Clausnitz und Bautzen als verbrecherisch verurteilt.“
„Die Verzweiflung wandelt sich in verbrecherische Gewalt, mit der manche offenbar eine Diskussion erzwingen wollen.“
Synonyms
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.