verköstigen
[fɛɐ̯ˈkœstɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“verköstigen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Essen und Trinken (Nahrung) versorgen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verkostigen · verköstigen · German
verköstigen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | verköstigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈkœstɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verköstigen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verköstigen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈkœstɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for verköstigen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 verköstigen, spelled V-E-R-K-Ö-S-T-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit Essen und Trinken (Nahrung) versorgen
- 2Kosten aufwenden, sich in Unkosten stürzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verköstigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So viele Gäste auf einmal können wir gar nicht verköstigen.
„Es kamen bis zu hundert Leute, und die musste man verköstigen.“
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.