verdreschen
[fɛɐ̯ˈdʁɛʃn̩]
The verdict
“verdreschen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden oder ein Tier verprügeln, heftig schlagen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verdreschen · verdreschen · German
verdreschen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | verdreschen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁɛʃn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verdreschen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verdreschen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁɛʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden oder ein Tier verprügeln, heftig schlagen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for verdreschen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verdreschen, spelled V-E-R-D-R-E-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden oder ein Tier verprügeln, heftig schlagen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verdreschen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat ihn wie einen räudigen Hund verdroschen.
Der eine, ein riesenstarker Junge vom Lande war durch die vereinigten Klassen-Herkulesse nicht von der Stelle zu bringen und musste auf seinem Platze verdroschen werden.
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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.