Verderbnis
[fɛɐ̯ˈdɛʁpnɪs]
The verdict
“Verderbnis” 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 September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft, Zustand, verderbt/verkommen zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-verderbnis · Verderbnis · German
Verderbnis · 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 | Verderbnis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈdɛʁpnɪs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Verderbnis“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Verderbnis is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈdɛʁpnɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft, Zustand, verderbt/verkommen zu sein".
Zero misspellings are on record for Verderbnis in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Verderbnis, spelled V-E-R-D-E-R-B-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft, Zustand, verderbt/verkommen zu sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Verderbnis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach Gorani, einem Zeitgenossen, gab es seit der römischen Kaiserzeit keine so große Verderbnis wie damals in Neapel.“
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.