verbriefen
[fɛɐ̯ˈbʁiːfn̩]
The verdict
“verbriefen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einem Schriftstück oder feierlicher Urkunde garantieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-verbriefen · verbriefen · German
verbriefen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | verbriefen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁiːfn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verbriefen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verbriefen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁiːfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit einem Schriftstück oder feierlicher Urkunde garantieren".
verbriefen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verbriefen, spelled V-E-R-B-R-I-E-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit einem Schriftstück oder feierlicher Urkunde garantieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verbriefen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zunächst hatten die Kreditinstitute damit begonnen, ihre internationalen Ausleihungen zunehmend zu verbriefen, also durch Anleihen zu ersetzen.
Die Investmentbanken verbriefen, bündeln und verkaufen Kredite an Kunden, die selber nicht in der Lage sind, Kredite so wie Banken überprüfen zu können, und die nur nach ihren Investmentkriterien und Renditevorstellungen handeln.
This word in other languages
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.