verkühlen
[fɛɐ̯ˈkyːlən]
The verdict
“verkühlen” 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) - mutmaßlich durch Kälteeinwirkung, allerdings meist durch Viren verursachte leichte Krankheitssymptome entwickeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-verkuhlen · verkühlen · German
verkühlen · 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 | verkühlen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈkyːlən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verkühlen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verkühlen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈkyːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mutmaßlich durch Kälteeinwirkung, allerdings meist durch Viren verursachte leichte Krankheitssymptome entwickeln".
No misspelling variants are generated for verkühlen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 verkühlen, spelled V-E-R-K-Ü-H-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1mutmaßlich durch Kälteeinwirkung, allerdings meist durch Viren verursachte leichte Krankheitssymptome entwickeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verkühlen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wer zum Rauchen nach draußen geht, legt sich eine weiße Fleece-Decke um die Schultern, damit sich die Mädchen im knappen Engelchen-Kostüm nicht verkühlen.“
„Einmal die Jacke nicht richtig zugemacht, und schon hat sich das Kind verkühlt.“
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.