verjüngen
[fɛɐ̯ˈjʏŋən]
The verdict
“verjüngen” is uncommon German (frequency #57,524 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,524
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schmaler, dünner, enger werden; konisch zulaufen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verjungen · verjüngen · German
verjüngen · rank #57,524 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,524
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Verfilmungen
Nearest frequency peer: Verfilmungen (-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 „verjüngen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Verdünnung
Verdünnung
42,480 corpus weight
- Vereinsregi…
Vereinsregister
42,479 corpus weight
- Verfilmungen
Verfilmungen
42,478 corpus weight
- verjüngen
verjüngen
42,477 corpus weight
- vermittelbar
vermittelbar
42,476 corpus weight
- vernaschen
vernaschen
42,475 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verjüngen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verjüngen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈjʏŋən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,524 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verjüngen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verjüngen is uncommon German at frequency #57,524 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈjʏŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for verjüngen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is verjüngen, spelled V-E-R-J-Ü-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1schmaler, dünner, enger werden; konisch zulaufen
- 2den Altersdurchschnitt einer Menschengruppe, eines Tier- oder Pflanzenbestandes durch Einbringung junger Individuen senken
- 3etwas jünger erscheinen lassen, als es tatsächlich ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verjüngen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Rohr verjüngt sich nach unten.
Ein Dauerwald verjüngt sich permanent, währen ein Altersklassenwald nur gleichaltrige Bäume enthält.
Antonyms
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verjüngen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).