verkahlen
[fɛɐ̯ˈkaːlən]
The verdict
“verkahlen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Blätter, das Laub verlieren (kahl werden)
Corpus desk
Index DE-verkahlen · verkahlen · German
verkahlen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | verkahlen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈkaːlən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verkahlen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verkahlen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈkaːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verkahlen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is verkahlen, spelled V-E-R-K-A-H-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1die Blätter, das Laub verlieren (kahl werden)
- 2alles Holz schlagen, den Wald roden (kahl machen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verkahlen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Triebe verkahlten infolge von bald einsetzendem Blattfall von der Basis her. Bei den Nadelgehölzen waren die Nadeln grau- bis bräunlichgrün gefärbt. “
„Als Jahrhundertaufgabe muß die Forstwirtschaft auf den inzwischen verkahlten Flächen mit allen Mitteln versuchen, wieder Wald entstehen zu lassen.“
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.