verfüttern

[fɛɐ̯ˈfʏtɐn]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈfʏtɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“verfüttern” is uncommon German (frequency #65,820 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,820
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einem Tier als Nahrung (Futter) geben

Corpus desk

Index DE-verfuttern · verfüttern · German

verfüttern · rank #65,820 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,820
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verfüllt

Nearest frequency peer: verfüllt (-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 „verfüttern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verfüttern
PropertyValue
Headwordverfüttern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈfʏtɐn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#65,820
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verfüttern“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verfüllt“ (#65,819), „Vergnügungen“ (#65,821), „verführerischen“ (#65,818). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verfüttern“ bei #65,820. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verfüttern is uncommon German at frequency #65,820 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈfʏtɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einem Tier als Nahrung (Futter) geben".

verfüttern doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 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 verfüttern, spelled V-E-R-F-Ü-T-T-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    einem Tier als Nahrung (Futter) geben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Küchenabfälle werden seit eh und je an die Schweine verfüttert.
  2. Die Heusilage wird auch an die Pferde verfüttert.

This word in other languages

alimentar(Português)

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 "verfüttern"?
"verfüttern" is spelled V-E-R-F-Ü-T-T-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈfʏtɐn].
What does "verfüttern" mean?
As a verb, "verfüttern" means: einem Tier als Nahrung (Futter) geben
How do you pronounce "verfüttern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verfüttern" is [fɛɐ̯ˈfʏtɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verfüttern" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Verfärbung#65,817Verlockung#65,823vermischte#65,824verdrehten#65,811

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list