verschmäht
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃmɛːt]
The verdict
“verschmäht” is uncommon German (frequency #58,412 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,412
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verschmähen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschmaht · verschmäht · German
verschmäht · rank #58,412 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,412
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verschlug
Nearest frequency peer: verschlug (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “verschmäht”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- verrecke
verrecke
41,592 corpus weight
- Versandapot…
Versandapotheke
41,591 corpus weight
- verschlug
verschlug
41,590 corpus weight
- verschmäht
verschmäht
41,589 corpus weight
- verschobene
verschobene
41,588 corpus weight
- verschrottet
verschrottet
41,587 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “verschmäht” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verschmäht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃmɛːt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #58,412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “verschmäht” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
verschmäht is uncommon German at frequency #58,412 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃmɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for verschmäht in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is verschmäht, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-M-Ä-H-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verschmähen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verschmähen
- 32. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verschmähen
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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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