verbum
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The verdict
“verbum” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Wort
Corpus desk
Index DE-verbum · verbum · German
verbum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | verbum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verbum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verbum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verbum, 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 verbum, spelled V-E-R-B-U-M.
Definition
- 1das Wort
- 2der Ausdruck, die Äußerung
- 3das Verb, Zeitwort
- 4die Rede, die Worte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verbum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„mea puera, quid verbi ex tuo ore supra fugit?“ (Andr. poet. 3)
In principio erat Verbum et Verbum erat apud Deum et Deus erat Verbum. (Vulg. Joh. 1,1)
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.