verschnaufen
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃnaʊ̯fn̩]
The verdict
“verschnaufen” is uncommon German (frequency #86,010 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,010
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Pause einlegen_([3]), um sich zu erholen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschnaufen · verschnaufen · German
verschnaufen · rank #86,010 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,010
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verschlechter…
Nearest frequency peer: verschlechterten (-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 „verschnaufen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Verpackungs…
Verpackungsmüll
13,994 corpus weight
- verpatzt
verpatzt
13,993 corpus weight
- verschlecht…
verschlechterten
13,992 corpus weight
- verschnaufen
verschnaufen
13,991 corpus weight
- verschwiege…
verschwiegene
13,990 corpus weight
- verschätzt
verschätzt
13,989 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verschnaufen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verschnaufen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃnaʊ̯fn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #86,010 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verschnaufen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verschnaufen is uncommon German at frequency #86,010 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃnaʊ̯fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Pause einlegen_([3]), um sich zu erholen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for verschnaufen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 verschnaufen, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-N-A-U-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Pause einlegen_([3]), um sich zu erholen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verschnaufen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Außer alldem hat Patras auch das, was der Mensch zuweilen braucht, um von einem Leben zwischen zugeparkten Bürgersteigen und großstädtischer Hast verschnaufen zu können […].“
„Er klopfte ihm den feuchten Hals und gab das Antreiben auf: »Hast recht, Alter, verschnauf dich ein Weilchen. Und oft werd' ich dich wohl nicht mehr strapazieren«.“
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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