verprellen
[fɛɐ̯ˈpʁɛlən]
The verdict
“verprellen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch bestimmte Handlungen Unmut, Verwirrung bei jemandem hervorrufen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verprellen · verprellen · German
verprellen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | verprellen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈpʁɛlən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verprellen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verprellen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈpʁɛlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verprellen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verprellen, spelled V-E-R-P-R-E-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch bestimmte Handlungen Unmut, Verwirrung bei jemandem hervorrufen
- 2(Wild) aus Unvorsichtigkeit, Ungeschicklichkeit verjagen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verprellen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die FDP dagegen hat inzwischen selbst den Großteil ihrer Kernklientel an Besserverdienenden, Selbstständigen und Mittelständlern verprellt.“
Der Präsident hat in seiner Amtszeit viele internationale Verbündete verprellt.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.