verleiden
[fɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯dn̩]
The verdict
“verleiden” 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) - jemandem die Freude an etwas nehmen, jemandem etwas verderben
Corpus desk
Index DE-verleiden · verleiden · German
verleiden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | verleiden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯dn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verleiden“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verleiden is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯dn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemandem die Freude an etwas nehmen, jemandem etwas verderben".
verleiden doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 verleiden, spelled V-E-R-L-E-I-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem die Freude an etwas nehmen, jemandem etwas verderben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verleiden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieser blöde Regen verleidet mir den wohlverdienten Urlaub.
„Der Vater habe sich beklagt, die Mama würde allen das Haus verleiden.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.