verkuppeln

[fɛɐ̯ˈkʊpl̩n]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈkʊpl̩n]/ verb

The verdict

“verkuppeln” is uncommon German (frequency #74,129 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,129
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - versuchen zwei Menschen zusammenzubringen, meist mit dem Ziel, dass sie danach ein Paar werden

Corpus desk

Index DE-verkuppeln · verkuppeln · German

verkuppeln · rank #74,129 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,129
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Verkehrslärm

Nearest frequency peer: Verkehrslärm (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „verkuppeln“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verkuppeln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verkuppeln
PropertyValue
Headwordverkuppeln
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈkʊpl̩n]
Letters10
Frequency rank#74,129
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verkuppeln“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.verkuppelnfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Verkehrslärm“ (#74,128), „Verhandlungsführer“ (#74,127), „vermählen“ (#74,131). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verkuppeln“ bei #74,129. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verkuppeln is uncommon German at frequency #74,129 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈkʊpl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "versuchen zwei Menschen zusammenzubringen, meist mit dem Ziel, dass sie danach ein Paar werden".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verkuppeln, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 verkuppeln, spelled V-E-R-K-U-P-P-E-L-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    versuchen zwei Menschen zusammenzubringen, meist mit dem Ziel, dass sie danach ein Paar werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how verkuppeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich glaube, die versuchen uns zu verkuppeln.

Synonyms

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verkuppeln"?
"verkuppeln" is spelled V-E-R-K-U-P-P-E-L-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈkʊpl̩n].
What does "verkuppeln" mean?
As a verb, "verkuppeln" means: versuchen zwei Menschen zusammenzubringen, meist mit dem Ziel, dass sie danach ein Paar werden
How do you pronounce "verkuppeln"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verkuppeln" is [fɛɐ̯ˈkʊpl̩n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verkuppeln" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verkuppeln", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list