verputzen
[fɛɐ̯ˈpʊt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“verputzen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #75,187 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #75,187
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einen Putz auf eine Mauer auftragen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verputzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈpʊt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,187 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verputzen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for verputzen is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈpʊt͡sn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #75,187 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for verputzen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 verputzen, spelled V-E-R-P-U-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Putz auf eine Mauer auftragen
- 2eine große Portion einer Speise auf einmal essen
- 3etwas verprassen, verschwenden
- 4etwas verwinden, ausstehen können, etwas als annehmbar empfinden
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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Using “verputzen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-P-U-T-Z-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈpʊt͡sn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.