verprassen

[fɛɐ̯ˈpʁasn̩]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈpʁasn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“verprassen” is uncommon German (frequency #81,112 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,112
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Ressource (besonders Geld) nicht sachgerecht, aber zum eigenen Vergnügen, verbrauchen

Corpus desk

Index DE-verprassen · verprassen · German

verprassen · rank #81,112 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,112
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verpachten

Nearest frequency peer: verpachten (-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 „verprassen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verprassen
PropertyValue
Headwordverprassen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈpʁasn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#81,112
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verprassen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).verprassenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verpachten“ (#81,111), „verschloss“ (#81,113), „verneigen“ (#81,110). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verprassen“ bei #81,112. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verprassen is uncommon German at frequency #81,112 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈpʁasn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Ressource (besonders Geld) nicht sachgerecht, aber zum eigenen Vergnügen, verbrauchen".

No misspelling variants are generated for verprassen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verprassen, spelled V-E-R-P-R-A-S-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Ressource (besonders Geld) nicht sachgerecht, aber zum eigenen Vergnügen, verbrauchen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Klaus hat das ganze Geld im Kasino verprasst.
  2. [Der nordirische Fußballer George Best:] „[Ich habe viel Geld] für Alkohol, Frauen und schnelle Autos ausgegeben, […] den Rest habe ich einfach verprasst.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verprassen"?
"verprassen" is spelled V-E-R-P-R-A-S-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈpʁasn̩].
What does "verprassen" mean?
As a verb, "verprassen" means: eine Ressource (besonders Geld) nicht sachgerecht, aber zum eigenen Vergnügen, verbrauchen
How do you pronounce "verprassen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verprassen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈpʁasn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list