verdrücken

[fɛɐ̯ˈdʁʏkn̩]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈdʁʏkn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“verdrücken” is uncommon German (frequency #63,894 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,894
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aufessen

Corpus desk

Index DE-verdrucken · verdrücken · German

verdrücken · rank #63,894 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,894
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Verdienstorden

Nearest frequency peer: Verdienstorden (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „verdrücken“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verdrücken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verdrücken
PropertyValue
Headwordverdrücken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈdʁʏkn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#63,894
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verdrücken“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).verdrückenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Verdienstorden“ (#63,893), „veredeln“ (#63,895), „Verdachtsfall“ (#63,892). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verdrücken“ bei #63,894. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verdrücken is uncommon German at frequency #63,894 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁʏkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

verdrücken doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 verdrücken, spelled V-E-R-D-R-Ü-C-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    aufessen
  2. 2
    heimlich weggehen
  3. 3
    einen falschen Knopf drücken

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how verdrücken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er hat diese Riesenportion verdrückt.
  2. Als es langweilig wurde, hat sie sich verdrückt.

This word in other languages

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verdrücken"?
"verdrücken" is spelled V-E-R-D-R-Ü-C-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁʏkn̩].
What does "verdrücken" mean?
As a verb, "verdrücken" means: aufessen
How do you pronounce "verdrücken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verdrücken" is [fɛɐ̯ˈdʁʏkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verdrücken" come from?
"verdrücken" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verdrücken", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

unterlässt#63,885unbequemer#63,873Vilsbiburg#63,917vorzusehen#63,925

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list