verfrühen

[fɛɐ̯ˈfʁyːən]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈfʁyːən]/ verb

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.

Key facts for verfrühen
PropertyValue
Headwordverfrühen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈfʁyːən]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verfrühen“ im Deutschen

verfrühensitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    vor der Zeit (zu früh) kommen, unerwartet zeitig kommen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Straßen waren heute wie ausgestorben, daher haben wir uns etwas verfrüht.
  2. Diese rigorosen Maßnahmen halte ich für verfrüht.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verfrühen"?
"verfrühen" is spelled V-E-R-F-R-Ü-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈfʁyːən].
What does "verfrühen" mean?
As a verb, "verfrühen" means: vor der Zeit (zu früh) kommen, unerwartet zeitig kommen
How do you pronounce "verfrühen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verfrühen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈfʁyːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verfrühen" come from?
"verfrühen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list