verpflegen

[fɛɐ̯ˈp͡fleːɡn̩]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈp͡fleːɡn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“verpflegen” is uncommon German (frequency #82,297 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,297
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Nahrung versorgen

Corpus desk

Index DE-verpflegen · verpflegen · German

verpflegen · rank #82,297 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,297
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verpestet

Nearest frequency peer: verpestet (-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 „verpflegen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verpflegen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verpflegen
PropertyValue
Headwordverpflegen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈp͡fleːɡn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#82,297
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verpflegen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).verpflegenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verpestet“ (#82,296), „vernünftigste“ (#82,295), „vernarrt“ (#82,294). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verpflegen“ bei #82,297. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verpflegen is uncommon German at frequency #82,297 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈp͡fleːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit Nahrung versorgen".

verpflegen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verpflegen, spelled V-E-R-P-F-L-E-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit Nahrung versorgen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how verpflegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich verpflege mich selbst.
  2. Wir müssen die Flüchtlinge verpflegen.

Synonyms

abspeisenbekochenbeköstigenbewirtenernährenverköstigenversorgen

This word in other languages

feed(English)alimentar(Español)nourrir(Français)alimentar(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verpflegen"?
"verpflegen" is spelled V-E-R-P-F-L-E-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈp͡fleːɡn̩].
What does "verpflegen" mean?
As a verb, "verpflegen" means: mit Nahrung versorgen
How do you pronounce "verpflegen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verpflegen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈp͡fleːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verpflegen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verpflegen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verglasten#82,287vortäuscht#82,318Wachposten#82,321Untertasse#82,264

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list