verleben

[ˌfɛɐ̯ˈleːbn̩]

/[ˌfɛɐ̯ˈleːbn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“verleben” is uncommon German (frequency #89,755 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,755
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seine Zeit in bestimmter Weise mit etwas verbringen

Corpus desk

Index DE-verleben · verleben · German

verleben · rank #89,755 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,755
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verlagerten

Nearest frequency peer: verlagerten (-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 „verleben“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verleben
PropertyValue
Headwordverleben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌfɛɐ̯ˈleːbn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#89,755
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verleben“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.verlebenfällt 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: „verlagerten“ (#89,754), „Verletzungsrisiko“ (#89,756), „verkommene“ (#89,753). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verleben“ bei #89,755. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verleben is uncommon German at frequency #89,755 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈleːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

verleben has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 verleben, spelled V-E-R-L-E-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    seine Zeit in bestimmter Weise mit etwas verbringen
  2. 2
    zur Finanzierung des Lebensunterhalts verwenden
  3. 3
    zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt (noch) am Leben sein

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Ihr früherer Sozialminister Paulo Pedroso verlebte viereinhalb Monate in U-Haft, kam aber nicht vor Gericht.“
  2. „Da die Polizei zum Schutz des Präsidenten abkommandiert war, verlebten sie ausnahmsweise einen eher ruhigen Tag.“

Synonyms

verbringenverbrauchenerleben

This word in other languages

spend(English)passer(Français)

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 "verleben"?
"verleben" is spelled V-E-R-L-E-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈleːbn̩].
What does "verleben" mean?
As a verb, "verleben" means: seine Zeit in bestimmter Weise mit etwas verbringen
How do you pronounce "verleben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verleben" is [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈleːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verleben" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vergräbt#89,751velocity#89,743unhörbar#89,722Waschung#89,800

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list