verschrecken

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛkn̩]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛkn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“verschrecken” is uncommon German (frequency #61,150 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,150
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem einen Schrecken einjagen und ihn dadurch vertreiben

Corpus desk

Index DE-verschrecken · verschrecken · German

verschrecken · rank #61,150 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,150
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verschenke

Nearest frequency peer: verschenke (-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 „verschrecken“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verschrecken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verschrecken
PropertyValue
Headwordverschrecken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛkn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#61,150
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verschrecken“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.verschreckenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verschenke“ (#61,149), „versklaven“ (#61,151), „vermummten“ (#61,148). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verschrecken“ bei #61,150. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verschrecken is uncommon German at frequency #61,150 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemandem einen Schrecken einjagen und ihn dadurch vertreiben".

verschrecken doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is verschrecken, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-R-E-C-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemandem einen Schrecken einjagen und ihn dadurch vertreiben

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how verschrecken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Offenbar wolle man vermögende Steuerzahler und Banken in Hessen nicht zu sehr verschrecken.“

This word in other languages

scare(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verschrecken"?
"verschrecken" is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-R-E-C-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛkn̩].
What does "verschrecken" mean?
As a verb, "verschrecken" means: jemandem einen Schrecken einjagen und ihn dadurch vertreiben
How do you pronounce "verschrecken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verschrecken" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɛkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verschrecken" come from?
"verschrecken" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verschrecken", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Verwitterung#61,158verzauberten#61,160Volksliedern#61,163Vollkornbrot#61,166

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list