vermachen
[fɛɐ̯ˈmaxn̩]
The verdict
“vermachen” 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) - (im Testament) festlegen, dass ein bestimmtes Eigentum (nach dem eigenen Tode) an einen genannten neuen Eigentümer übergeht
Corpus desk
Index DE-vermachen · vermachen · German
vermachen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | vermachen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈmaxn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vermachen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vermachen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈmaxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(im Testament) festlegen, dass ein bestimmtes Eigentum (nach dem eigenen Tode) an einen genannten neuen Eigentümer übergeht".
vermachen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is vermachen, spelled V-E-R-M-A-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1(im Testament) festlegen, dass ein bestimmtes Eigentum (nach dem eigenen Tode) an einen genannten neuen Eigentümer übergeht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vermachen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seiner jüngsten Enkeltochter vermachte er seine Armbanduhr, ein Erbstück seines Vaters.
„Oft werden solche Sammlungen von ihren Besitzern bereits Zu Lebzeiten einem Museum vermacht oder nach ihrem Tod durch die Erben geschenkt.“
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.