verdonnern
[fɛɐ̯ˈdɔnɐn]
The verdict
“verdonnern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - jemandem eine Strafe auferlegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verdonnern · verdonnern · German
verdonnern · 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 | verdonnern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈdɔnɐn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verdonnern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verdonnern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈdɔnɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verdonnern, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 verdonnern, spelled V-E-R-D-O-N-N-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem eine Strafe auferlegen
- 2jemandem etwas befehlen, jemanden zu etwas verpflichten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verdonnern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die EU-Kommission verdonnerte das Geldhaus wegen Manipulation an weltweit wichtigen Zinssätzen zu einer Strafe von 725 Millionen Euro.“
„Die Stadt kann sich den stadteigenen Winterdienst einsparen und alle Einwohner per Satzung zum ‚kostenlosen‘ Winterdienst verdonnern.“
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.