verbrennen

/[fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛnən]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,413

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

verbrennen is aGermanverb. It means: etwas durch Feuer vernichten Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛnən]. It ranks #7,413 in German word frequency. Often confused with verbrennt and verbringen.

Key facts for verbrennen
PropertyValue
Headwordverbrennen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛnən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,413
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of verbrennen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for verbrennen is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛnən]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,413 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for verbrennen, with forms such as "evrbrennen", "vebrrennen", and "verbbrennen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "verbrennt", "verbringen", "Verbrennung", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is verbrennen, spelled V-E-R-B-R-E-N-N-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas durch Feuer vernichten
  2. 2
    einen Menschen (auf einem Scheiterhaufen) durch Feuer exekutieren
  3. 3
    einen Leichnam im Feuer bestatten
  4. 4
    durch Feuer zerstört werden
  5. 5
    jemanden durch Feuer oder Hitze verletzen
  6. 6
    eine Speise zu lange garen, so dass die Oberfläche beginnt zu verkohlen
  7. 7
    jemanden entdecken, entlarven
  8. 8
    etwas verschwenden

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrbrennen,vebrrennen,verbbrennen,verbernnen,verbrenen,verbrenenn,verbrennenn,verbrennne,verbrnenen,verbrrennen,verrbennen,verrbrennen,vrebrennen,vverbrennen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verbrennen

Misspelling Variants of "verbrennen"

evrbrennen10vebrrennen10verbbrennen11verbernnen10verbrenen9verbrenenn10verbrennenn11verbrennne10
Misspelling Variants of "verbrennen"

Frequency rank: #7,413 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verbrennen"?
"verbrennen" is spelled V-E-R-B-R-E-N-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛnən].
What does "verbrennen" mean?
As a verb, "verbrennen" means: etwas durch Feuer vernichten
What words are commonly confused with "verbrennen"?
"verbrennen" is commonly confused with "verbrennt", "verbringen", "Verbrennung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verbrennen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verbrennen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verbrennen" come from?
"verbrennen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.