verdrehten

/[fɛɐ̯ˈdʁeːtn̩]/ adj

The verdict

“verdrehten” is an uncommon German word, ranked #65,811 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#65,811
frequency rank, German
10
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verdreht

Key facts for verdrehten
PropertyValue
Headwordverdrehten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈdʁeːtn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#65,811
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “verdrehten” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). verdrehten lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for verdrehten is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁeːtn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,811 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for verdrehten in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is verdrehten, spelled V-E-R-D-R-E-H-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verdreht
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verdreht
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verdreht
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verdreht
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verdreht
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verdreht
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verdreht
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verdreht
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verdreht
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verdreht
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verdreht
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verdreht

Frequency rank: #65,811 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verdrehten"?
"verdrehten" is spelled V-E-R-D-R-E-H-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁeːtn̩].
What does "verdrehten" mean?
As an adjective, "verdrehten" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verdreht
How do you pronounce "verdrehten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verdrehten" is [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁeːtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verdrehten" come from?
"verdrehten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “verdrehten”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-D-R-E-H-T-E-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁeːtn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.