verschrotten
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɔtn̩]
The verdict
“verschrotten” is uncommon German (frequency #65,826 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,826
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Gebrauchsgegenstand, der größtenteils aus Metall besteht, zur stofflichen Wiederverwertung vorbereiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschrotten · verschrotten · German
verschrotten · rank #65,826 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,826
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verrottet
Nearest frequency peer: verrottet (-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 „verschrotten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Verlockung
Verlockung
34,178 corpus weight
- vermischte
vermischte
34,177 corpus weight
- verrottet
verrottet
34,176 corpus weight
- verschrotten
verschrotten
34,175 corpus weight
- verspäteter
verspäteter
34,174 corpus weight
- verstärktem
verstärktem
34,173 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verschrotten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verschrotten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɔtn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #65,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verschrotten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verschrotten is uncommon German at frequency #65,826 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɔtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen Gebrauchsgegenstand, der größtenteils aus Metall besteht, zur stofflichen Wiederverwertung vorbereiten".
verschrotten doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is verschrotten, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-R-O-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Gebrauchsgegenstand, der größtenteils aus Metall besteht, zur stofflichen Wiederverwertung vorbereiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verschrotten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ließ sein altes Auto verschrotten, obwohl er auf dem Gebrauchtwagenmarkt noch gutes Geld dafür bekommen hätte.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).