Verschleppung

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɛpʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#50,156

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Verschleppung is aGermannoun. It means: Entführung/Verbringung einer oder mehrerer Personen (gewaltsam oder auch nur gegen dessen/deren Willen) an einen anderen Ort Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɛpʊŋ].

Key facts for Verschleppung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerschleppung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɛpʊŋ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#50,156
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Verschleppung is 13 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɛpʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,156 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Verschleppung in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Verschleppung, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-E-P-P-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Entführung/Verbringung einer oder mehrerer Personen (gewaltsam oder auch nur gegen dessen/deren Willen) an einen anderen Ort
  2. 2
    nicht rechtzeitige Erledigung von etwas (beispielsweise einer Aufgabe/eines Auftrags)
  3. 3
    Ausbreitung von Organismen in andere Lebensräume durch natürlich Einflüsse (beispielsweise Wind oder Strömungen) oder durch den Menschen

Frequency rank: #50,156 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Verschleppung"?
"Verschleppung" is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-E-P-P-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɛpʊŋ].
What does "Verschleppung" mean?
As a noun, "Verschleppung" means: Entführung/Verbringung einer oder mehrerer Personen (gewaltsam oder auch nur gegen dessen/deren Willen) an einen anderen Ort
How do you pronounce "Verschleppung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verschleppung" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɛpʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verschleppung" come from?
"Verschleppung" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.