Verleugnung

[fɛɐ̯ˈlɔɪ̯ɡnʊŋ]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈlɔɪ̯ɡnʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Verleugnung” is uncommon German (frequency #62,966 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,966
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Handlung/Aussage, die darin besteht, etwas Zutreffendes in Abrede zu stellen

Corpus desk

Index DE-verleugnung · Verleugnung · German

Verleugnung · rank #62,966 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,966
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Verletzungspa…

Nearest frequency peer: Verletzungspause (-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 „Verleugnung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Verleugnung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerleugnung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈlɔɪ̯ɡnʊŋ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#62,966
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Verleugnung“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Verleugnungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Verletzungspause“ (#62,965), „verliebe“ (#62,967), „Verhandlungspartner“ (#62,964). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Verleugnung“ bei #62,966. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Verleugnung is uncommon German at frequency #62,966 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈlɔɪ̯ɡnʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Handlung/Aussage, die darin besteht, etwas Zutreffendes in Abrede zu stellen".

Verleugnung has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Verleugnung, spelled V-E-R-L-E-U-G-N-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Handlung/Aussage, die darin besteht, etwas Zutreffendes in Abrede zu stellen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Welch dreiste Verleugnung der Realität, die Mussa vor ihm so deutlich beim Namen genannt hatte.“

Synonyms

Verneinung

This word in other languages

denial(English)déni(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 "Verleugnung"?
"Verleugnung" is spelled V-E-R-L-E-U-G-N-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈlɔɪ̯ɡnʊŋ].
What does "Verleugnung" mean?
As a noun, "Verleugnung" means: Handlung/Aussage, die darin besteht, etwas Zutreffendes in Abrede zu stellen
How do you pronounce "Verleugnung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verleugnung" is [fɛɐ̯ˈlɔɪ̯ɡnʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verleugnung" come from?
"Verleugnung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verschmiert#62,970verschmitzt#62,971verschränkt#62,972Validierung#62,952

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list