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Verlan

German, noun/vɛrˈlãː/

Verlan is a German neuter noun meaning “verlan (type of backslang used in French)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does Verlan mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterverlan (type of backslang used in French)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How do you pronounce Verlan?

  • /vɛrˈlãː/

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Verlan

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Verlan in German?

Verlan appears about once in every 37 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).