verkrumpeln
[fɛɐ̯ˈkʁʊmpl̩n]
The verdict
“verkrumpeln” 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) - besonders westmitteldeutsch:
Corpus desk
Index DE-verkrumpeln · verkrumpeln · German
verkrumpeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | verkrumpeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈkʁʊmpl̩n] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verkrumpeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verkrumpeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈkʁʊmpl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
verkrumpeln has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is verkrumpeln, spelled V-E-R-K-R-U-M-P-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1besonders westmitteldeutsch:
- 2etwas faltig machen
- 3jemanden verstimmen, kränken, gegen sich aufbringen, verärgern
- 4jemanden verstimmen, kränken, gegen sich aufbringen, verärgern
- 5sich anstrengen
This word in other languages
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.