vergrämen
[fɛɐ̯ˈɡʁɛːmən]
The verdict
“vergrämen” 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) - etwas tun, was den davon Betroffenen stört und dazu führen kann, dass dieser den Kontakt abbricht
Corpus desk
Index DE-vergramen · vergrämen · German
vergrämen · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vergrämen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈɡʁɛːmən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vergrämen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vergrämen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈɡʁɛːmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for vergrämen, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 vergrämen, spelled V-E-R-G-R-Ä-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas tun, was den davon Betroffenen stört und dazu führen kann, dass dieser den Kontakt abbricht
- 2Tiere/Jagdwild wiederholt stören und so verscheuchen
- 3in Kummer, Trauer, Wut (Gram) geraten/verharren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vergrämen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Hauptsache, du benimmst dich ungezwungen und schielst nicht immer ängstlich darauf, ob du den Käufer vergrämst.“
„Vermutlich waren die Altvögel durch Störungen während der Brutzeit vergrämt worden.“
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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.