vergegenwärtigen
[fɛɐ̯ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌvɛʁtɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“vergegenwärtigen” is uncommon German (frequency #83,449 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,449
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich an etwas, das nicht mehr so aktuell im Bewusstsein ist, wieder frisch erinnern
Corpus desk
Index DE-vergegenwartigen · vergegenwärtigen · German
vergegenwärtigen · rank #83,449 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,449
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Verfärbungen
Nearest frequency peer: Verfärbungen (-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 „vergegenwärtigen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vereisten
vereisten
16,555 corpus weight
- Verfassungs…
Verfassungsrechtler
16,554 corpus weight
- Verfärbungen
Verfärbungen
16,553 corpus weight
- vergegenwär…
vergegenwärtigen
16,552 corpus weight
- vergreift
vergreift
16,551 corpus weight
- vergöttern
vergöttern
16,550 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vergegenwärtigen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vergegenwärtigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌvɛʁtɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #83,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vergegenwärtigen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vergegenwärtigen is uncommon German at frequency #83,449 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌvɛʁtɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich an etwas, das nicht mehr so aktuell im Bewusstsein ist, wieder frisch erinnern".
No misspelling variants are generated for vergegenwärtigen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is vergegenwärtigen, spelled V-E-R-G-E-G-E-N-W-Ä-R-T-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich an etwas, das nicht mehr so aktuell im Bewusstsein ist, wieder frisch erinnern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vergegenwärtigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich muss mir kurz noch mal die Fakten vergegenwärtigen.
Also, wenn du dir noch einmal die Situation vergegenwärtigt hast, musst du doch zustimmen, dass die Vorgehensweise außergewöhnlich brutal war.
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.
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