Verheerung
[fɛɐ̯ˈheːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Verheerung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schwerwiegende, ausgedehnte Verwüstung
Corpus desk
Index DE-verheerung · Verheerung · German
Verheerung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Verheerung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈheːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Verheerung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Verheerung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈheːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schwerwiegende, ausgedehnte Verwüstung".
Verheerung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Verheerung, spelled V-E-R-H-E-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1schwerwiegende, ausgedehnte Verwüstung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Verheerung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Verheerung durch die Feuersbrunst war so gewaltig, dass die Einwohner ihre Stadt aufgaben.
„Ada erzählte, trotz der Verheerungen von 1948 hätten die jüdischen Rückkehrer 1967 arabische Familien in ihrem Viertel vorgefunden.“
Synonyms
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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.