Verfemung
[fɛɐ̯ˈfeːmʊŋ]
The verdict
“Verfemung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ächtung, Bann, das Verfemtwerden
Corpus desk
Index DE-verfemung · Verfemung · German
Verfemung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Verfemung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈfeːmʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Verfemung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Verfemung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈfeːmʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ächtung, Bann, das Verfemtwerden".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Verfemung in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Verfemung, spelled V-E-R-F-E-M-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Ächtung, Bann, das Verfemtwerden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Verfemung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als jüdischer Autor im Nazideutschland kann er ein Lied davon erzählen, was Verfemung in der Praxis heißt.
This word in other languages
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.