verschlanken
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃlaŋkn̩]
The verdict
“verschlanken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so umgestalten, das etwas mit weniger Aufwand/Einsatz/Personal funktioniert
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschlanken · verschlanken · German
verschlanken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | verschlanken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlaŋkn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verschlanken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verschlanken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlaŋkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so umgestalten, das etwas mit weniger Aufwand/Einsatz/Personal funktioniert".
No misspelling variants are generated for verschlanken in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is verschlanken, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-A-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1so umgestalten, das etwas mit weniger Aufwand/Einsatz/Personal funktioniert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verschlanken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Autohersteller will seine Produktion weiter verschlanken.
Nach der Übernahme durch einen amerikanischen Konzern wurde die Leitungsebene deutlich verschlankt.
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.