vermasseln
[fɛɐ̯ˈmasl̩n]
The verdict
“vermasseln” is uncommon German (frequency #86,003 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,003
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, was einen anderen betrifft, absichtlich oder absichtslos zum Scheitern bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-vermasseln · vermasseln · German
vermasseln · rank #86,003 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,003
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verlaufend
Nearest frequency peer: verlaufend (-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 „vermasseln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- verlassener
verlassener
14,000 corpus weight
- verlaufend
verlaufend
13,999 corpus weight
- vermasseln
vermasseln
13,998 corpus weight
- Vermummungs…
Vermummungsverbot
13,997 corpus weight
- verneigt
verneigt
13,996 corpus weight
- vernäht
vernäht
13,995 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vermasseln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vermasseln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈmasl̩n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #86,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vermasseln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vermasseln is uncommon German at frequency #86,003 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈmasl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for vermasseln in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is vermasseln, spelled V-E-R-M-A-S-S-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1etwas, was einen anderen betrifft, absichtlich oder absichtslos zum Scheitern bringen
- 2etwas (zumeist eine Prüfung, Test oder Ähnliches) mangelhaft, minderwertig machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vermasseln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Hinter allen Ratschlägen stand die Furcht, sie könne den Test der Israel-Tauglichkeit vermasseln.“
„Sie denken, wenn etwas „Gesundheitsklausur“ heißt, dann müsse es anschließend so eine Art Nachprüfung geben, und wenn man den großen Test vermasselt hat, könne man das im Mündlichen wettmachen.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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