Verdickungsmittel
[fɛɐ̯ˈdɪkʊŋsˌmɪtl̩]
The verdict
“Verdickungsmittel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stoff, der meist wässrigen Lösungen hinzugefügt wird, damit dieser das Wasser bindet und die Lösung dick wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-verdickungsmittel · Verdickungsmittel · German
Verdickungsmittel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Verdickungsmittel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈdɪkʊŋsˌmɪtl̩] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Verdickungsmittel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Verdickungsmittel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈdɪkʊŋsˌmɪtl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stoff, der meist wässrigen Lösungen hinzugefügt wird, damit dieser das Wasser bindet und die Lösung dick wird".
Verdickungsmittel has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Verdickungsmittel, spelled V-E-R-D-I-C-K-U-N-G-S-M-I-T-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1Stoff, der meist wässrigen Lösungen hinzugefügt wird, damit dieser das Wasser bindet und die Lösung dick wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Verdickungsmittel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vielfältige Verwendung finden Verdickungsmittel in der Lebensmittelindustrie. Ihre Hauptaufgabe besteht darin, dem Produkt eine bestimmte Konsistenz oder Textur (Mundgefühl) zu verleihen oder unerwünschte Separationsvorgänge während der Lagerung (Absetzen von Partikeln, Phasentrennung) zu verlangsamen.
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.