verschrottet

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɔtət]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɔtət]/ verb

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The verdict

“verschrottet” is uncommon German (frequency #58,414 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,414
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verschrotten

Corpus desk

Index DE-verschrottet · verschrottet · German

verschrottet · rank #58,414 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,414
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verschobene

Nearest frequency peer: verschobene (-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 „verschrottet“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verschrottet
PropertyValue
Headwordverschrottet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɔtət]
Letters12
Frequency rank#58,414
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verschrottet“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).verschrottetfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verschobene“ (#58,413), „verschuldete“ (#58,415), „verschmäht“ (#58,412). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verschrottet“ bei #58,414. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verschrottet is uncommon German at frequency #58,414 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɔtət]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verschrottet, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verschrottet, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-R-O-T-T-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verschrotten
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verschrotten
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verschrotten
  4. 4
    2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verschrotten

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 "verschrottet"?
"verschrottet" is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-R-O-T-T-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɔtət].
What does "verschrottet" mean?
As a verb, "verschrottet" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verschrotten
How do you pronounce "verschrottet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verschrottet" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁɔtət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verschrottet" come from?
"verschrottet" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

verschuldete#58,415Versiegelung#58,416vorherrschen#58,427verabredeten#58,399

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list