Verschachtelung
German, noun/fɛɐ̯ˈʃaxtəlʊŋ/
Verschachtelung is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-A-C-H-T-E-L-U-N-G (15 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 235,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschachtelung is a German feminine noun meaning “nesting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Form des Aufbaus, bei der sich innerhalb eines Objektes weitere Objekte befinden”.
What does Verschachtelung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenesting
- 2
feminineinterleaving
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Form des Aufbaus, bei der sich innerhalb eines Objektes weitere Objekte befinden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Verschachtelung
- Verschachtelungen plural
- Verschachtlung variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Verschachtelung?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʃaxtəlʊŋ/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃaxtəlʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Verschachtelung in German?
Verschachtelung appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).