vergaloppieren
[fɛɐ̯ɡalɔˈpiːʁən]
The verdict
“vergaloppieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich irren (und diesem Irrtum länger verhaftet bleiben), gedanklich einen falschen Weg einschlagen und es nicht sofort bemerken
Corpus desk
Index DE-vergaloppieren · vergaloppieren · German
vergaloppieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | vergaloppieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ɡalɔˈpiːʁən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vergaloppieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vergaloppieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ɡalɔˈpiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich irren (und diesem Irrtum länger verhaftet bleiben), gedanklich einen falschen Weg einschlagen und es nicht sofort bemerken".
No misspelling variants are generated for vergaloppieren in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is vergaloppieren, spelled V-E-R-G-A-L-O-P-P-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich irren (und diesem Irrtum länger verhaftet bleiben), gedanklich einen falschen Weg einschlagen und es nicht sofort bemerken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vergaloppieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich rechne und rechne und komme auf kein gutes Ergebnis. Irgendwie habe ich mich ganz gründlich vergaloppiert.
„Sie merkte, wie sehr sie sich gerade vergaloppierte, und verstummte verlegen, um ihre Mutter nicht vor den Kopf zu stoßen.“
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.