verpfänden
[fɛɐ̯ˈp͡fɛndn̩]
The verdict
“verpfänden” is uncommon German (frequency #77,490 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,490
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas als Pfand gegen einen geliehenen Geldbetrag eintauschen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verpfanden · verpfänden · German
verpfänden · rank #77,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,490
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verpflegt
Nearest frequency peer: verpflegt (-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 „verpfänden“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vernebelt
vernebelt
22,514 corpus weight
- vernichte
vernichte
22,513 corpus weight
- verpflegt
verpflegt
22,512 corpus weight
- verpfänden
verpfänden
22,511 corpus weight
- verprügelte
verprügelte
22,510 corpus weight
- Versicherun…
Versicherungswesen
22,509 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verpfänden“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verpfänden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈp͡fɛndn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #77,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verpfänden“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verpfänden is uncommon German at frequency #77,490 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈp͡fɛndn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas als Pfand gegen einen geliehenen Geldbetrag eintauschen".
verpfänden has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is verpfänden, spelled V-E-R-P-F-Ä-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas als Pfand gegen einen geliehenen Geldbetrag eintauschen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verpfänden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich musste meinen Ehering verpfänden um bis Monatsende über die Runden zu kommen.
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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