verenden

[fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛndn̩]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛndn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“verenden” is uncommon German (frequency #65,812 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,812
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - langsam, oft qualvoll sterben

Corpus desk

Index DE-verenden · verenden · German

verenden · rank #65,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,812
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verdrehten

Nearest frequency peer: verdrehten (-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 „verenden“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verenden
PropertyValue
Headwordverenden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛndn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,812
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verenden“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).verendenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verdrehten“ (#65,811), „verdeutlichte“ (#65,810), „verbreitern“ (#65,809). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verenden“ bei #65,812. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verenden is uncommon German at frequency #65,812 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛndn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "langsam, oft qualvoll sterben".

verenden has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 verenden, spelled V-E-R-E-N-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    langsam, oft qualvoll sterben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Im Gemeindeteil Vaschvitz (Fähranleger der Wittower Fähre) wurden am 14. Februar 2006 die ersten toten Höckerschwäne gefunden, die in Deutschland auf Grund der Vogelgrippe verendet waren.“
  2. „Die Glasfronten des“ […] „Flughafens Berlin-Brandenburg (BER) sind bis heute ein Problem für Vögel. Hier verenden sie massenhaft.“

This word in other languages

perish(English)perecer(Español)crever(Français)

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 "verenden"?
"verenden" is spelled V-E-R-E-N-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛndn̩].
What does "verenden" mean?
As a verb, "verenden" means: langsam, oft qualvoll sterben
How do you pronounce "verenden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verenden" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛndn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verenden" come from?
"verenden" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verfüllt#65,819Vaseline#65,803Töpferei#65,778träumten#65,773

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list