verdenken
[fɛɐ̯ˈdɛŋkn̩]
The verdict
“verdenken” is uncommon German (frequency #51,788 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,788
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einer Person etwas übelnehmen, heute überwiegend verneint oder als Frage gebraucht; bis ins 19. Jahrhundert auch: jemanden (Akkusativobjekt) verdenken
Corpus desk
Index DE-verdenken · verdenken · German
verdenken · rank #51,788 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,788
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Veganismus
Nearest frequency peer: Veganismus (-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 „verdenken“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vakant
vakant
48,216 corpus weight
- Veganismus
Veganismus
48,214 corpus weight
- verdenken
verdenken
48,213 corpus weight
- verdorbene
verdorbene
48,212 corpus weight
- Verfassungen
Verfassungen
48,211 corpus weight
- Verkehrslage
Verkehrslage
48,210 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verdenken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verdenken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈdɛŋkn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verdenken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verdenken is uncommon German at frequency #51,788 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈdɛŋkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verdenken, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is verdenken, spelled V-E-R-D-E-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1einer Person etwas übelnehmen, heute überwiegend verneint oder als Frage gebraucht; bis ins 19. Jahrhundert auch: jemanden (Akkusativobjekt) verdenken
- 2kein Verständnis für etwas haben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verdenken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich verdenke es dir, dass du mir wehgetan hast – du bist doch mein Bruder!
„Der Zufall fügt es, daß mein letzter Beitrag in diesem Blatt eine Wendung gegen Dich enthielt, die Du mir verdachtest;“
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.
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