vernarben
[fɛɐ̯ˈnaʁbn̩]
The verdict
“vernarben” 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) - sich mit einer Narbe schließen
Corpus desk
Index DE-vernarben · vernarben · German
vernarben · 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 | vernarben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈnaʁbn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vernarben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vernarben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈnaʁbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich mit einer Narbe schließen".
vernarben doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 vernarben, spelled V-E-R-N-A-R-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich mit einer Narbe schließen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vernarben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Wunde vernarbte nach 10 Tagen.
Wir müssen abwarten, ob das Gewebe abstirbt oder sich doch noch vernarbt.
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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.