verschauen
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃaʊ̯ən]
The verdict
“verschauen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas Gesehenes falsch deuten, sich irren
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschauen · verschauen · German
verschauen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | verschauen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃaʊ̯ən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verschauen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verschauen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃaʊ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for verschauen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is verschauen, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-A-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas Gesehenes falsch deuten, sich irren
- 2sich verlieben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verschauen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Da hast du dich verschaut, das war nicht die Müllerin.
„Ach ja, und die Eichenhof Maria hat sich in ihn verschaut.« »Die Maria?« »Das hat aber nichts zu sagen, weil die verschaut sich momentan eh in jeden.«“
Antonyms
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.