verschwinden

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪndn̩]/ verb

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,863

in German word usage

Misspellings

20

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

verschwinden is aGermanverb. It means: aufhören zu existieren, sich in Nichts auflösen Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪndn̩]. It ranks #2,863 in German word frequency. Often confused with verschwunden and verschwindet.

Key facts for verschwinden
PropertyValue
Headwordverschwinden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪndn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#2,863
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of verschwinden in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for verschwinden is 12 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪndn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,863 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 20 documented wrong-spelling variants for verschwinden, with forms such as "evrschwinden", "vercshwinden", and "verrschwinden". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "verschwunden", "verschwindet", "verschwindend", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is verschwinden, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-W-I-N-D-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    aufhören zu existieren, sich in Nichts auflösen
  2. 2
    den wahrnehmbaren Bereich verlassen
  3. 3
    verloren gehen
  4. 4
    den Ort des Geschehens verlassen
  5. 5
    zur Toilette gehen
  6. 6
    Mathematik, den Wert Null annehmen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrschwinden,vercshwinden,verrschwinden,verscchwinden,verschhwinden,verschiwnden,verschwidnen,verschwindden,verschwindenn,verschwindne,verschwinedn,verschwinnden,verschwniden,verschwwinden,verscwhinden,vershcwinden,versschwinden,vesrchwinden,vreschwinden,vverschwinden

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verschwinden

Misspelling Variants of "verschwinden"

evrschwinden12vercshwinden12verrschwinden13verscchwinden13verschhwinden13verschiwnden12verschwidnen12verschwindden13
Misspelling Variants of "verschwinden"

Frequency rank: #2,863 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verschwinden"?
"verschwinden" is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-W-I-N-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪndn̩].
What does "verschwinden" mean?
As a verb, "verschwinden" means: aufhören zu existieren, sich in Nichts auflösen
What words are commonly confused with "verschwinden"?
"verschwinden" is commonly confused with "verschwunden", "verschwindet", "verschwindend". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verschwinden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verschwinden" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪndn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verschwinden" come from?
"verschwinden" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.