vermenschlichen
[fɛɐ̯ˈmɛnʃlɪçn̩]
The verdict
“vermenschlichen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - menschliche Eigenschaften auf nichtmenschliche Dinge oder Wesen übertragen
Corpus desk
Index DE-vermenschlichen · vermenschlichen · German
vermenschlichen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | vermenschlichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈmɛnʃlɪçn̩] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vermenschlichen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vermenschlichen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈmɛnʃlɪçn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for vermenschlichen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 vermenschlichen, spelled V-E-R-M-E-N-S-C-H-L-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1menschliche Eigenschaften auf nichtmenschliche Dinge oder Wesen übertragen
- 2humaner durchführen; so anpassen, dass es den Bedürfnissen und Vorlieben des Menschen besser entspricht
- 3mit Zügen ausstatten, die etwas Hartes/Kompromissloses weicher, nachvollziehbarer und zugänglicher macht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vermenschlichen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Problem ist, dass wir dazu neigen, die Katzen zu vermenschlichen.“
Im vergangenen Jahrhundert ist es in den meisten Ländern gelungen, den Strafvollzug zu vermenschlichen.
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.