verdünnen

[fɛɐ̯ˈdʏnən]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈdʏnən]/ verb

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The verdict

“verdünnen” is uncommon German (frequency #54,992 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,992
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Konzentration eines Stoffes verringern

Corpus desk

Index DE-verdunnen · verdünnen · German

verdünnen · rank #54,992 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,992
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Verdunstung

Nearest frequency peer: Verdunstung (-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 „verdünnen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verdünnen
PropertyValue
Headwordverdünnen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈdʏnən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#54,992
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verdünnen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.verdünnenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Verdunstung“ (#54,991), „Vereinnahmung“ (#54,993), „Verdammnis“ (#54,990). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verdünnen“ bei #54,992. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verdünnen is uncommon German at frequency #54,992 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈdʏnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

verdünnen has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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. The correct German form is verdünnen, spelled V-E-R-D-Ü-N-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Konzentration eines Stoffes verringern
  2. 2
    die Konzentration eines Stoffes verringern
  3. 3
    die Konzentration eines Stoffes verringern

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Der Automat verdünnt automatisch alle Getränke mit Wasser.

This word in other languages

dilute(English)diluir(Español)diluer(Français)diluir(Português)

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 "verdünnen"?
"verdünnen" is spelled V-E-R-D-Ü-N-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈdʏnən].
What does "verdünnen" mean?
As a verb, "verdünnen" means: die Konzentration eines Stoffes verringern
How do you pronounce "verdünnen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verdünnen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈdʏnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verdünnen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verkennen#54,997versagten#55,000versierte#55,002ungeraden#54,970

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list