verschieben

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃiːbn̩]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,485

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

verschieben is aGermanverb. It means: etwas über den Boden schiebend von einem an einen anderen Ort bewegen Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʃiːbn̩]. It ranks #6,485 in German word frequency. Often confused with verschoben and verschiebt.

Key facts for verschieben
PropertyValue
Headwordverschieben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃiːbn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,485
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of verschieben in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for verschieben is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃiːbn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,485 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for verschieben, with forms such as "evrschieben", "vercshieben", and "verrschieben". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "verschoben", "verschiebt", "verschieden", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is verschieben, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-I-E-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas über den Boden schiebend von einem an einen anderen Ort bewegen
  2. 2
    etwas zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt stattfinden lassen
  3. 3
    verbotenerweise Produkte auf einem schwarzen Markt veräußern
  4. 4
    verändern von Gewichtungen
  5. 5
    im Rechner/Tablet/Handy an einen anderen Platz umlagern

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrschieben,vercshieben,verrschieben,verscchieben,verscheiben,verschhieben,verschibeen,verschiebben,verschiebenn,verschiebne,verschieebn,versciheben,vershcieben,versschieben,vesrchieben,vreschieben,vverschieben

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verschieben

Misspelling Variants of "verschieben"

evrschieben11vercshieben11verrschieben12verscchieben12verscheiben11verschhieben12verschibeen11verschiebben12
Misspelling Variants of "verschieben"

Frequency rank: #6,485 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verschieben"?
"verschieben" is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-I-E-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃiːbn̩].
What does "verschieben" mean?
As a verb, "verschieben" means: etwas über den Boden schiebend von einem an einen anderen Ort bewegen
What words are commonly confused with "verschieben"?
"verschieben" is commonly confused with "verschoben", "verschiebt", "verschieden". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verschieben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verschieben" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃiːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verschieben" come from?
"verschieben" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.