verfrühen
[fɛɐ̯ˈfʁyːən]
The verdict
“verfrühen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - vor der Zeit (zu früh) kommen, unerwartet zeitig kommen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verfruhen · verfrühen · German
verfrühen · 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 | verfrühen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈfʁyːən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verfrühen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verfrühen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈfʁyːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vor der Zeit (zu früh) kommen, unerwartet zeitig kommen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verfrühen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is verfrühen, spelled V-E-R-F-R-Ü-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1vor der Zeit (zu früh) kommen, unerwartet zeitig kommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verfrühen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Straßen waren heute wie ausgestorben, daher haben wir uns etwas verfrüht.
Diese rigorosen Maßnahmen halte ich für verfrüht.
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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.