verfärben

/[fɛɐ̯ˈfɛʁbn̩]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#81,103

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

verfärben is aGermanverb. It means: die ursprüngliche Farbe ändern, meist weil ein neuer Farbton dazukommt, das Ergebnis wird eher negativ gesehen Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈfɛʁbn̩].

Key facts for verfärben
PropertyValue
Headwordverfärben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈfɛʁbn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#81,103
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of verfärben in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for verfärben is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈfɛʁbn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #81,103 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for verfärben in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is verfärben, spelled V-E-R-F-Ä-R-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die ursprüngliche Farbe ändern, meist weil ein neuer Farbton dazukommt, das Ergebnis wird eher negativ gesehen
  2. 2
    die Farbe verlieren/wechseln/ändern, ohne dass dies ein absichtliches Tun ist
  3. 3
    jahreszeitenbedingt das Haarkleid/Fell wechseln

Frequency rank: #81,103 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verfärben"?
"verfärben" is spelled V-E-R-F-Ä-R-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈfɛʁbn̩].
What does "verfärben" mean?
As a verb, "verfärben" means: die ursprüngliche Farbe ändern, meist weil ein neuer Farbton dazukommt, das Ergebnis wird eher negativ gesehen
How do you pronounce "verfärben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verfärben" is [fɛɐ̯ˈfɛʁbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verfärben" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.