verkutzen
[fɛɐ̯ˈkʊt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“verkutzen” 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) - den Akt des Schluckens nicht ordnungsgemäß ausführen, sodass Nahrung in die Luftröhre gelangt
Corpus desk
Index DE-verkutzen · verkutzen · German
verkutzen · 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 | verkutzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈkʊt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verkutzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verkutzen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈkʊt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Akt des Schluckens nicht ordnungsgemäß ausführen, sodass Nahrung in die Luftröhre gelangt".
verkutzen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verkutzen, spelled V-E-R-K-U-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1den Akt des Schluckens nicht ordnungsgemäß ausführen, sodass Nahrung in die Luftröhre gelangt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verkutzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Einige verkutzen sich an dem Wasser, das sie gerade eingeatmet haben.“
Synonyms
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.