verdrillen
[fɛɐ̯ˈdʁɪlən]
The verdict
“verdrillen” 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) - Stränge des Materials zu einem stabilen Faden/Zwirn/Draht zusammendrehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verdrillen · verdrillen · German
verdrillen · 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 | verdrillen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁɪlən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verdrillen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verdrillen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁɪlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stränge des Materials zu einem stabilen Faden/Zwirn/Draht zusammendrehen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verdrillen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 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 verdrillen, spelled V-E-R-D-R-I-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1Stränge des Materials zu einem stabilen Faden/Zwirn/Draht zusammendrehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verdrillen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ihre Zugfestigkeit erhielten die Taue durch die Art ihrer Herstellung, dem Verdrillen einzelner Seile miteinander, den Seelen, die ihrerseits wiederum durch das Verdrillen von Zwirnen, Schnüren und schließlich dünneren Seilen erzeugt worden waren.“
Die blanken Enden zweier Kabel kann man miteinander verdrillen, oder sie mittels einer Lüsterklemme verbinden.
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.