Verkehrtheit
[fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯thaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Verkehrtheit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft/Zustand, falsch (verkehrt) zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-verkehrtheit · Verkehrtheit · German
Verkehrtheit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Verkehrtheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯thaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Verkehrtheit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Verkehrtheit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯thaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Verkehrtheit in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Verkehrtheit, spelled V-E-R-K-E-H-R-T-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft/Zustand, falsch (verkehrt) zu sein
- 2etwas, das [1] aufweist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Verkehrtheit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vielmehr erscheint nur die menschliche Beschränktheit, Verkehrtheit und Schlechtigkeit in jedem Lande in einer andern Form, und diese nennt man den Nationalcharakter.“
„Mitunter will einem die Verkehrtheit des Denkens noch absurder vorkommen als das Fallen aus aller Moral.“
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.