verschränken
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛŋkn̩]
The verdict
“verschränken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zwei Teile so umeinander winden, dass die Verbindung stabil ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschranken · verschränken · German
verschränken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | verschränken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛŋkn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verschränken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verschränken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛŋkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zwei Teile so umeinander winden, dass die Verbindung stabil ist".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verschränken, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is verschränken, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-R-Ä-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1zwei Teile so umeinander winden, dass die Verbindung stabil ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verschränken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie verschränkt die Hände hinter dem Kopf und lächelt mich an.
„Indem das Bild sich in diesem Zeigen zugleich als das Zeigende zeigt, sind Sinn und Sinnlichkeit verschränkt.“
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.