verdienstvoll
[fɛɐ̯ˈdiːnstˌfɔl]
The verdict
“verdienstvoll” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so, dass jemand/etwas besondere Anerkennung verdient (beispielsweise wegen eines herausragenden Werkes, bemerkenswerter Leistungen, langjähriger Treue)
Corpus desk
Index DE-verdienstvoll · verdienstvoll · German
verdienstvoll · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | verdienstvoll |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈdiːnstˌfɔl] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verdienstvoll“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verdienstvoll is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈdiːnstˌfɔl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so, dass jemand/etwas besondere Anerkennung verdient (beispielsweise wegen eines herausragenden Werkes, bemerkenswerter Leistungen, langjähriger Treue)".
No generated misspelling entries exist for verdienstvoll in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is verdienstvoll, spelled V-E-R-D-I-E-N-S-T-V-O-L-L.
Definition
- 1so, dass jemand/etwas besondere Anerkennung verdient (beispielsweise wegen eines herausragenden Werkes, bemerkenswerter Leistungen, langjähriger Treue)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verdienstvoll appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„[…] der langgediente und verdienstvolle [indische] Premier Manmohan Singh hatte keine neuen Ideen mehr.“
„Der Sprecher des Lesben- und Schwulenverbandes (LSVD) erklärte zur Kündigung: »Wir sind entsetzt über die unbarmherzige Haltung der Leitung des Kolpingwerkes, die einen verdienstvollen Mitarbeiter kündigt, nur weil dieser schwul ist.«“
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.