Verfolgter

[fɛɐ̯ˈfɔlktɐ]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈfɔlktɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Verfolgter” is uncommon German (frequency #58,400 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,400
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die bedroht/verfolgt wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-verfolgter · Verfolgter · German

Verfolgter · rank #58,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,400
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verabredeten

Nearest frequency peer: verabredeten (-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 „Verfolgter“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Verfolgter
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerfolgter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈfɔlktɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#58,400
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Verfolgter“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Verfolgterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verabredeten“ (#58,399), „Verführer“ (#58,401), „Vergehens“ (#58,402). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Verfolgter“ bei #58,400. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Verfolgter is uncommon German at frequency #58,400 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈfɔlktɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die bedroht/verfolgt wird".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Verfolgter in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Verfolgter, spelled V-E-R-F-O-L-G-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die bedroht/verfolgt wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Für Verfolgte und Verfemte konnte er Lebensmittel abzweigen.“

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 "Verfolgter"?
"Verfolgter" is spelled V-E-R-F-O-L-G-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈfɔlktɐ].
What does "Verfolgter" mean?
As a noun, "Verfolgter" means: Person, die bedroht/verfolgt wird
How do you pronounce "Verfolgter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verfolgter" is [fɛɐ̯ˈfɔlktɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verfolgter" come from?
"Verfolgter" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verschmäht#58,412unberührte#58,380visitation#58,423vorstehend#58,428

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list