Verelendung
[fɛɐ̯ˈʔeːlɛndʊŋ]
The verdict
“Verelendung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Geraten in sehr schlechte Lebensumstände
Corpus desk
Index DE-verelendung · Verelendung · German
Verelendung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Verelendung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʔeːlɛndʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Verelendung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Verelendung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʔeːlɛndʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Geraten in sehr schlechte Lebensumstände".
Verelendung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Verelendung, spelled V-E-R-E-L-E-N-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1das Geraten in sehr schlechte Lebensumstände
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Verelendung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Doch das Strukturanpassungsprogramm war nicht allein für die soziale Verelendung breiter Schichten verantwortlich, denn die ökonomischen Fehlentscheidungen der 1980er Jahre wirkten fort.“
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.