verflüchtigen
[fɛɐ̯ˈflʏçtɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“verflüchtigen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas in den gasförmigen Aggregatzustand überführen, gasförmig machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verfluchtigen · verflüchtigen · German
verflüchtigen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | verflüchtigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈflʏçtɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verflüchtigen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verflüchtigen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈflʏçtɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verflüchtigen, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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. The correct German form is verflüchtigen, spelled V-E-R-F-L-Ü-C-H-T-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas in den gasförmigen Aggregatzustand überführen, gasförmig machen
- 2in den gasförmigen Aggregatzustand übergehen, gasförmig werden
- 3heimlich weggehen, sich heimlich entfernen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verflüchtigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Man verflüchtigt den weißen Phosphor mit Wasserdämpfen und kondensiert diese durch einen Kühler.“ (1907)
Wenn man das Gemisch erhitzt, verflüchtigt es sich vollständig.
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.