verkrustet
[fɛɐ̯ˈkʁʊstət]
The verdict
“verkrustet” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (beispielsweise bezogen auf Haut, Erde) von einer vertrockneten, harten Kruste bedeckt sein
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verkrustet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈkʁʊstət] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verkrustet” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for verkrustet is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈkʁʊstət]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
verkrustet has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verkrustet, spelled V-E-R-K-R-U-S-T-E-T.
Definition
- 1(beispielsweise bezogen auf Haut, Erde) von einer vertrockneten, harten Kruste bedeckt sein
- 2ohne die Fähigkeit, sich zu verändern und an veränderte Bedingungen anzupassen
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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.
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Using “verkrustet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-K-R-U-S-T-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.