verneigen
[fɛɐ̯ˈnaɪ̯ɡn̩]
The verdict
“verneigen” is uncommon German (frequency #81,110 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,110
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ehrerbietiger Gruß, bei dem Kopf und Oberkörper nach vorne geneigt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-verneigen · verneigen · German
verneigen · rank #81,110 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,110
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vermocht
Nearest frequency peer: vermocht (-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 „verneigen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- verliebter
verliebter
18,894 corpus weight
- vermieteten
vermieteten
18,893 corpus weight
- vermocht
vermocht
18,892 corpus weight
- verneigen
verneigen
18,891 corpus weight
- verpachten
verpachten
18,890 corpus weight
- verprassen
verprassen
18,889 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verneigen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verneigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈnaɪ̯ɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,110 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verneigen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verneigen is uncommon German at frequency #81,110 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈnaɪ̯ɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ehrerbietiger Gruß, bei dem Kopf und Oberkörper nach vorne geneigt wird".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for verneigen, 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 its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 verneigen, spelled V-E-R-N-E-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1ehrerbietiger Gruß, bei dem Kopf und Oberkörper nach vorne geneigt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verneigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei einer Zeremonie in der Nähe des Regierungssitzes in Tunis verneigten sich am Montag Präsident Moncef Marzouki, Regierungschef Hamadi Jebali und der Präsident der Verfassungsgebenden Versammlung, Mustapha Ben Jaafar, vor der tunesischen Flagge.“
„In den Pausen aber zieht die Gesellschaft des italienischen Adels die Tribünen entlang. Man begrüßt einander, verneigt sich, erkennt einander wieder, es gibt Umarmungen, man steigt die Treppen zu den Tribünen hinauf und hinab.“
Synonyms
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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