verderblich
[fɛɐ̯ˈdɛʁplɪç]
The verdict
“verderblich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach kurzer Zeit / schnell verdorben (und dann nicht mehr essbar)
Corpus desk
Index DE-verderblich · verderblich · German
verderblich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | verderblich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈdɛʁplɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verderblich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verderblich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈdɛʁplɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
verderblich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 verderblich, spelled V-E-R-D-E-R-B-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1nach kurzer Zeit / schnell verdorben (und dann nicht mehr essbar)
- 2schädlich, einen schlechten Einfluss auf jemanden habend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verderblich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Weißweinessig ist durch seinen hohen Säuregehalt nicht verderblich.
Frisches Obst und Gemüse sowie frische Kräuter aus Afrika, Amerika und Asien, die zudem leicht verderblich sind, gelangen meist per Flugzeug in die EU.
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.