verschärfter

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁftɐ]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁftɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“verschärfter” is uncommon German (frequency #91,072 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,072
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verschärft

Corpus desk

Index DE-verscharfter · verschärfter · German

verschärfter · rank #91,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,072
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verschmolz

Nearest frequency peer: verschmolz (-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 „verschärfter“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verschärfter
PropertyValue
Headwordverschärfter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁftɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#91,072
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verschärfter“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).verschärfterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verschmolz“ (#91,071), „Versicherter“ (#91,073), „verschluckte“ (#91,070). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verschärfter“ bei #91,072. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verschärfter is uncommon German at frequency #91,072 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁftɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for verschärfter in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is verschärfter, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-Ä-R-F-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verschärft
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verschärft
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verschärft
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verschärft
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verschärft

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 "verschärfter"?
"verschärfter" is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-Ä-R-F-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁftɐ].
What does "verschärfter" mean?
As an adjective, "verschärfter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verschärft
How do you pronounce "verschärfter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verschärfter" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁftɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verschärfter" come from?
"verschärfter" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Versicherter#91,073verschluckte#91,070verrichteten#91,066versöhnliche#91,078

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list