verlernen

[fɛɐ̯ˈlɛʁnən]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈlɛʁnən]/ verb

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The verdict

“verlernen” is uncommon German (frequency #70,943 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,943
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bereits erworbenes Wissen oder Können durch zu seltene Anwendung vergessen

Corpus desk

Index DE-verlernen · verlernen · German

verlernen · rank #70,943 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,943
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verlangsamte

Nearest frequency peer: verlangsamte (-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 „verlernen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verlernen
PropertyValue
Headwordverlernen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈlɛʁnən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,943
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verlernen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).verlernenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verlangsamte“ (#70,942), „verleumden“ (#70,944), „verkümmert“ (#70,941). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verlernen“ bei #70,943. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verlernen is uncommon German at frequency #70,943 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈlɛʁnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verlernen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 verlernen, spelled V-E-R-L-E-R-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    bereits erworbenes Wissen oder Können durch zu seltene Anwendung vergessen
  2. 2
    etwas nicht mehr tun

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Seit seiner Schulzeit hat Peter nie wieder Französisch gesprochen. Er hat es fast völlig verlernt.
  2. „Vietnamesisch war zwar meine Muttersprache, aber im Kindergarten habe ich viel davon verlernt.“

Synonyms

vergessen

Antonyms

übentrainieren

This word in other languages

unlearn(English)desaprender(Español)désapprendre(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 "verlernen"?
"verlernen" is spelled V-E-R-L-E-R-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈlɛʁnən].
What does "verlernen" mean?
As a verb, "verlernen" means: bereits erworbenes Wissen oder Können durch zu seltene Anwendung vergessen
How do you pronounce "verlernen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verlernen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈlɛʁnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verlernen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verharrte#70,937verführte#70,933verticken#70,954Veganerin#70,926

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list