vermeinen
[fɛɐ̯ˈmaɪ̯nən]
The verdict
“vermeinen” 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) - (irrtümlich) glauben
Corpus desk
Index DE-vermeinen · vermeinen · German
vermeinen · 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 | vermeinen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈmaɪ̯nən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vermeinen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vermeinen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈmaɪ̯nən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(irrtümlich) glauben".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for vermeinen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is vermeinen, spelled V-E-R-M-E-I-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1(irrtümlich) glauben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vermeinen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er könne den Kampf gewinnen, vermeinte er.
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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.