verfänglich
[ˌfɛɐ̯ˈfɛŋlɪç]
The verdict
“verfänglich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - so beschaffen, dass man sich darin verfangen kann; Gefahren enthaltend
Corpus desk
Index DE-verfanglich · verfänglich · German
verfänglich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | verfänglich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈfɛŋlɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verfänglich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verfänglich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈfɛŋlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so beschaffen, dass man sich darin verfangen kann; Gefahren enthaltend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for verfänglich in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is verfänglich, spelled V-E-R-F-Ä-N-G-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1so beschaffen, dass man sich darin verfangen kann; Gefahren enthaltend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verfänglich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So unduldsam sich dieses Jahrhundert auch dem Anschein nach gegenüber der ältesten aller Sünden zeigte, so wenig schreckte es davor zurück, sich in den verfänglichsten Labyrinthen der Liebe zu verlieren, die ausweglosesten Situationen zu erfinden, um zu erbarmungslosen Endlösungen zu kommen.“
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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.