verschmähen
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃmɛːən]
The verdict
“verschmähen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas nicht für wert genug erachten und deshalb nicht haben wollen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschmahen · verschmähen · German
verschmähen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | verschmähen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃmɛːən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verschmähen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verschmähen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃmɛːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas nicht für wert genug erachten und deshalb nicht haben wollen".
No misspelling variants are generated for verschmähen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is verschmähen, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-M-Ä-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas nicht für wert genug erachten und deshalb nicht haben wollen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verschmähen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Angebot zu einem Treffen verschmähte er.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.