verkitten
[fɛɐ̯ˈkɪtn̩]
The verdict
“verkitten” 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) - mit Dichtungsmasse (Kitt) fest an seinem Platz verankern
Corpus desk
Index DE-verkitten · verkitten · German
verkitten · 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 | verkitten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈkɪtn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verkitten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verkitten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈkɪtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for verkitten in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 verkitten, spelled V-E-R-K-I-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit Dichtungsmasse (Kitt) fest an seinem Platz verankern
- 2mit Dichtungsmasse/Kitt abdichten/verschließen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verkitten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn man ein Glasdach verkittet, dann muss es regelmäßig nachgekittet werden, damit es immer dicht hält.
„Nur in Bezug der letzten zwei Zeilen, daß die Fugen zu verkitten sind, ist mir nicht ganz klar, wie dies geschehen soll; verkitten kann man wohl ein Ziegelmauerwerk, aber die Fugen des Steinpflasters können nur ‚ausgegossen‘ werden.“
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.