verkrustet
[fɛɐ̯ˈkʁʊstət]
The verdict
“verkrustet” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (beispielsweise bezogen auf Haut, Erde) von einer vertrockneten, harten Kruste bedeckt sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-verkrustet · verkrustet · German
verkrustet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | verkrustet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈkʁʊstət] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verkrustet“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verkrustet is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈkʁʊstət]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verkrustet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wir müssen deine verkrustete Wunde am Knie mal säubern!“
Der Arzt versorgte als erstes die Nase mit dem verkrusteten Blut.
Antonyms
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.