verdüstern
[fɛɐ̯ˈdyːstɐn]
The verdict
“verdüstern” 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) - dunkel machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verdustern · verdüstern · German
verdüstern · 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 | verdüstern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈdyːstɐn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verdüstern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verdüstern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈdyːstɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for verdüstern in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 verdüstern, spelled V-E-R-D-Ü-S-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1dunkel machen
- 2dunkel, unfreundlich (düster) werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verdüstern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die schweren, dunklen Gardinen verdüstern den Raum, wir brauchen mehr Licht.
„Was macht dich weinen? Du verdüsterst heute unser Leben durch dein Weinen.“
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.