Verdeckung
[fɛɐ̯ˈdɛkʊŋ]
The verdict
“Verdeckung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Handlung, die verhindert, dass etwas (noch) in Erscheinung tritt; besonders kurz für: Verdeckung einer Straftat
Corpus desk
Index DE-verdeckung · Verdeckung · German
Verdeckung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Verdeckung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈdɛkʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Verdeckung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Verdeckung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈdɛkʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Verdeckung in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 Verdeckung, spelled V-E-R-D-E-C-K-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Handlung, die verhindert, dass etwas (noch) in Erscheinung tritt; besonders kurz für: Verdeckung einer Straftat
- 2Gegenstand, der etwas anderes überlagert, so dass der andere Gegenstand nicht mehr sichtbar/direkt erreichbar ist
- 3bestimmte Frequenzbereiche, die vom Gehör stärker wahrgenommen werden als andere und letztere darum überlagern
- 4Teilweise optische Überlagerung eines Objektes durch ein anderes in anderer Entfernung, dient dem Einschätzen von relativer Entfernung und Größe
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