verhätscheln
[fɛɐ̯ˈhɛt͡ʃl̩n]
The verdict
“verhätscheln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden (besonders ein Kind) übertrieben umsorgen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verhatscheln · verhätscheln · German
verhätscheln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | verhätscheln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈhɛt͡ʃl̩n] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verhätscheln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verhätscheln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈhɛt͡ʃl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for verhätscheln, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 verhätscheln, spelled V-E-R-H-Ä-T-S-C-H-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden (besonders ein Kind) übertrieben umsorgen
- 2jemanden übertrieben liebkosen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verhätscheln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Manche Kinder werden von ihren Eltern verhätschelt.
Du verhätschelst das Kind viel zu sehr.
This word in other languages
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.