Verdammnis

[fɛɐ̯ˈdamnɪs]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈdamnɪs]/ noun

The verdict

“Verdammnis” is uncommon German (frequency #54,990 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,990
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verurteilung der Sünder zu ihrer Bestrafung in der Hölle

Corpus desk

Index DE-verdammnis · Verdammnis · German

Verdammnis · rank #54,990 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,990
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verbotener

Nearest frequency peer: verbotener (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Verdammnis“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Verdammnis“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Verdammnis
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerdammnis
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈdamnɪs]
Letters10
Frequency rank#54,990
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Verdammnis“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Verdammnisfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verbotener“ (#54,989), „Verdunstung“ (#54,991), „Verbitterung“ (#54,988). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Verdammnis“ bei #54,990. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Verdammnis is uncommon German at frequency #54,990 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈdamnɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Verdammnis in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Verdammnis, spelled V-E-R-D-A-M-M-N-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verurteilung der Sünder zu ihrer Bestrafung in der Hölle
  2. 2
    (schuldhafter) Verlust der Gnade Gottes, Zustand schwerer Schuld

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Verdammnis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ihre Seelen erwartet die Verdammnis.
  2. „Wie nun durch die Sünde des Einen die Verdammnis über alle Menschen gekommen ist, so ist auch durch die Gerechtigkeit des Einen für alle Menschen die Rechtfertigung gekommen, die zum Leben führt.“

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Verdammnis"?
"Verdammnis" is spelled V-E-R-D-A-M-M-N-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈdamnɪs].
What does "Verdammnis" mean?
As a noun, "Verdammnis" means: Verurteilung der Sünder zu ihrer Bestrafung in der Hölle
How do you pronounce "Verdammnis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verdammnis" is [fɛɐ̯ˈdamnɪs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Verdammnis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list