verpusten
[fɛɐ̯ˈpuːstn̩]
The verdict
“verpusten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Atem (Puste) schöpfen, eine Pause machen und zu neuen Kräften kommen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verpusten · verpusten · German
verpusten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | verpusten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈpuːstn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verpusten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verpusten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈpuːstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Atem (Puste) schöpfen, eine Pause machen und zu neuen Kräften kommen".
No misspelling variants are generated for verpusten in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is verpusten, spelled V-E-R-P-U-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Atem (Puste) schöpfen, eine Pause machen und zu neuen Kräften kommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verpusten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich muss jetzt erst mal kurz verpusten.
Sie musste sich verpusten.
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.