verschmerzen
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃmɛʁt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“verschmerzen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,823 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,823
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen seelischen Schmerz, einen Rückschlag aushalten und überwinden
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschmerzen · verschmerzen · German
verschmerzen · rank #55,823 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,823
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verrückteste
Nearest frequency peer: verrückteste (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „verschmerzen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vermiss
vermiss
44,181 corpus weight
- Vermögensve…
Vermögensverwalter
44,180 corpus weight
- verrückteste
verrückteste
44,179 corpus weight
- verschmerzen
verschmerzen
44,178 corpus weight
- verstrahlt
verstrahlt
44,177 corpus weight
- versunkene
versunkene
44,176 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verschmerzen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verschmerzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃmɛʁt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #55,823 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verschmerzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verschmerzen is uncommon German at frequency #55,823 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃmɛʁt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen seelischen Schmerz, einen Rückschlag aushalten und überwinden".
No generated misspelling entries exist for verschmerzen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verschmerzen, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-M-E-R-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen seelischen Schmerz, einen Rückschlag aushalten und überwinden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verschmerzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Onkel Ewald kann leider nicht kommen. Aber ich denke, das kannst du verschmerzen.
Er hat den Verlust schnell verschmerzt.
Synonyms
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); 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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