Verhüllung
[fɛɐ̯ˈhʏlʊŋ]
The verdict
“Verhüllung” is uncommon German (frequency #71,988 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,988
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verschleierung eines Gegenstandes durch Hinzufügung von bedeckendem Materialien
Corpus desk
Index DE-verhullung · Verhüllung · German
Verhüllung · rank #71,988 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,988
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vergolden
Nearest frequency peer: vergolden (-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 „Verhüllung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vereinfacht…
vereinfachtes
28,016 corpus weight
- verfestigen
verfestigen
28,015 corpus weight
- vergolden
vergolden
28,014 corpus weight
- Verhüllung
Verhüllung
28,013 corpus weight
- Verkehrserz…
Verkehrserziehung
28,012 corpus weight
- verkörperten
verkörperten
28,011 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Verhüllung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Verhüllung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈhʏlʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,988 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Verhüllung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Verhüllung is uncommon German at frequency #71,988 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈhʏlʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Verhüllung in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Verhüllung, spelled V-E-R-H-Ü-L-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Verschleierung eines Gegenstandes durch Hinzufügung von bedeckendem Materialien
- 2Verschleierung von Informationen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Verhüllung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Diese Verhüllung, die - zu Unrecht - als die Erfindung von Taliban in den westlichen Medien vorgestellt wird, hat ihre eigene Geschichte.“
„Sie erinnerte sich, dass Apollon ihr einmal nach einem kurzen Ausflug auf den Planet der Sterblichen erzählt hatte, dass bei diesen Männer und Frauen gemeinsam in heißen Dampfbädern saßen, ohne jegliche Verhüllung, egal ob die Frauen Jungfrauen waren oder nicht.“
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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.
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