verdrießen
[fɛɐ̯ˈdʁiːsn̩]
The verdict
“verdrießen” 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) - bei jemandem Ärger verursachen, Missmut hervorrufen; jemanden unzufrieden machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verdrie-en · verdrießen · German
verdrießen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | verdrießen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁiːsn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verdrießen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verdrießen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁiːsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bei jemandem Ärger verursachen, Missmut hervorrufen; jemanden unzufrieden machen".
Zero misspellings are on record for verdrießen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 verdrießen, spelled V-E-R-D-R-I-E-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1bei jemandem Ärger verursachen, Missmut hervorrufen; jemanden unzufrieden machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verdrießen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Wetter verdrießt mich ungemein.
Wer wütend ist, denkt nicht, wer verdrossen ist, denkt zu wenig.
Synonyms
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.