verhindere

[fɛɐ̯ˈhɪndəʁə]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈhɪndəʁə]/ verb

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The verdict

“verhindere” is uncommon German (frequency #55,812 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,812
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verhindern

Corpus desk

Index DE-verhindere · verhindere · German

verhindere · rank #55,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,812
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vergesslich

Nearest frequency peer: vergesslich (-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 „verhindere“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verhindere“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verhindere
PropertyValue
Headwordverhindere
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈhɪndəʁə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,812
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verhindere“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).verhinderefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vergesslich“ (#55,811), „verhöhnen“ (#55,813), „verflixte“ (#55,810). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verhindere“ bei #55,812. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verhindere is uncommon German at frequency #55,812 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈhɪndəʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verhindere, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verhindere, spelled V-E-R-H-I-N-D-E-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verhindern
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verhindern
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verhindern
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verhindern

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verhindere"?
"verhindere" is spelled V-E-R-H-I-N-D-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈhɪndəʁə].
What does "verhindere" mean?
As a verb, "verhindere" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verhindern
How do you pronounce "verhindere"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verhindere" is [fɛɐ̯ˈhɪndəʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verhindere" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verhindere", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Veredelung#55,807verleumdet#55,818vermasselt#55,819verstrahlt#55,824

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list