verbürgen
[fɛɐ̯ˈbʏʁɡn̩]
The verdict
“verbürgen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bereit sein, für die Glaubwürdigkeit einer Person einzustehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verburgen · verbürgen · German
verbürgen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | verbürgen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈbʏʁɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verbürgen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verbürgen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈbʏʁɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for verbürgen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is verbürgen, spelled V-E-R-B-Ü-R-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1bereit sein, für die Glaubwürdigkeit einer Person einzustehen
- 2bereit sein, für die Richtigkeit einer Sache einzustehen
- 3bereit sein, für das Eintreten eines Ereignisses einzustehen und bei nicht erfolgtem Eintreten des Ereignisses für die Folgen zu haften
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verbürgen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich verbürge mich für ihre Glaubwürdigkeit.
Er hat sich dafür verbürgt, dass diese Münze aus Silber ist.
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.