verscherzen

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁt͡sn̩]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁt͡sn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“verscherzen” is uncommon German (frequency #83,462 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,462
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich durch eigene Schuld um etwas bringen, durch eigenes Fehlverhalten etwas verlieren

Corpus desk

Index DE-verscherzen · verscherzen · German

verscherzen · rank #83,462 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,462
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verschandelt

Nearest frequency peer: verschandelt (-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 „verscherzen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verscherzen
PropertyValue
Headwordverscherzen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁt͡sn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#83,462
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verscherzen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.verscherzenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verschandelt“ (#83,461), „Verrätern“ (#83,460), „Verschlechterungen“ (#83,464). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verscherzen“ bei #83,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verscherzen is uncommon German at frequency #83,462 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich durch eigene Schuld um etwas bringen, durch eigenes Fehlverhalten etwas verlieren".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for verscherzen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is verscherzen, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-E-R-Z-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich durch eigene Schuld um etwas bringen, durch eigenes Fehlverhalten etwas verlieren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Aber man will sich durch Klartext keine Sympathien verscherzen.“
  2. Durch seine derben Witze hat er es sich mit seinen Schwiegereltern gründlich verscherzt.

Synonyms

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 "verscherzen"?
"verscherzen" is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-E-R-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁt͡sn̩].
What does "verscherzen" mean?
As a verb, "verscherzen" means: sich durch eigene Schuld um etwas bringen, durch eigenes Fehlverhalten etwas verlieren
How do you pronounce "verscherzen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verscherzen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁt͡sn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verscherzen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list