verengen

[fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛŋən]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛŋən]/ verb

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The verdict

“verengen” is uncommon German (frequency #84,730 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,730
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schmaler werden oder machen

Corpus desk

Index DE-verengen · verengen · German

verengen · rank #84,730 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,730
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verbrauche

Nearest frequency peer: verbrauche (-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 „verengen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verengen
PropertyValue
Headwordverengen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛŋən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#84,730
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verengen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.verengenfällt 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: „verbrauche“ (#84,729), „verfassungsfeindliche“ (#84,731), „verarbeite“ (#84,728). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verengen“ bei #84,730. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verengen is uncommon German at frequency #84,730 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schmaler werden oder machen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verengen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is verengen, spelled V-E-R-E-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    schmaler werden oder machen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er verengte die Öffnung, um genauer dosieren zu können.
  2. „Die Pupillen der Katze verengen sich bei Helligkeit zu Schlitzen“.

Synonyms

verengern

This word in other languages

constrict(English)estrechar(Español)contracter(Français)estreitar(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 "verengen"?
"verengen" is spelled V-E-R-E-N-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛŋən].
What does "verengen" mean?
As a verb, "verengen" means: schmaler werden oder machen
How do you pronounce "verengen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verengen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛŋən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

vakanten#84,722verratet#84,739visitors#84,754umgingen#84,698

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list