vergl.
The verdict
“vergl.” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vergleiche! vergleichen, verglichen
Corpus desk
Index DE-vergl · vergl. · German
vergl. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | vergl. |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vergl.“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vergl. is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for vergl. in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 vergl., spelled V-E-R-G-L-..
Definition
- 1vergleiche! vergleichen, verglichen
- 2verglasen, verglast
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vergl. appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit dem englischen grow = wachsen (vergl. auch mittelhochdeutsch gruose = junger Trieb) hängen vielleicht zusammen Grotza, Grötzli (Schweiz: St. Gallen, Waldstätten), Danegrösslen [= junge Tannenbäumchen] (Oberpfalz).“
Synonyms
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.