verputzen

[fɛɐ̯ˈpʊt͡sn̩]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈpʊt͡sn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“verputzen” is uncommon German (frequency #75,187 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,187
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Putz auf eine Mauer auftragen

Corpus desk

Index DE-verputzen · verputzen · German

verputzen · rank #75,187 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,187
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verpixelt

Nearest frequency peer: verpixelt (-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 „verputzen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verputzen
PropertyValue
Headwordverputzen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈpʊt͡sn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#75,187
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verputzen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verpixelt“ (#75,186), „verrätst“ (#75,188), „vernimmt“ (#75,185). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verputzen“ bei #75,187. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verputzen is uncommon German at frequency #75,187 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈpʊt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    einen Putz auf eine Mauer auftragen
  2. 2
    eine große Portion einer Speise auf einmal essen
  3. 3
    etwas verprassen, verschwenden
  4. 4
    etwas verwinden, ausstehen können, etwas als annehmbar empfinden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Franz, verputzen wir noch schnell die Wand, dann können wir eine Pause machen!
  2. Saskia hat die ganze Torte verputzt.

Synonyms

abputzenaufessenverdrückenverschnabulierenverspachtelnverspeisenvertilgenwegfutterndurchbringenverbratenvergeudenverjubelnverjuckelnverjuxenverlotternverplempernverprassenverpulvernverschleudernverschwendenvertunausstehenleidenmögenverbeißenverkraftenverwinden

This word in other languages

plaster(English)revocar(Español)plâtrer(Français)engessar(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 "verputzen"?
"verputzen" is spelled V-E-R-P-U-T-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈpʊt͡sn̩].
What does "verputzen" mean?
As a verb, "verputzen" means: einen Putz auf eine Mauer auftragen
How do you pronounce "verputzen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verputzen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈpʊt͡sn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verputzen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verpixelt#75,186verkabelt#75,181verwahrte#75,199unpopulär#75,166

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list