verschwistern
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪstɐn]
The verdict
“verschwistern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geschwister sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschwistern · verschwistern · German
verschwistern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | verschwistern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪstɐn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verschwistern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verschwistern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪstɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for verschwistern in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is verschwistern, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-W-I-S-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Geschwister sein
- 2eng (miteinander) verbinden
- 3sich als/wie Geschwister verbinden; sich mit etwas eng verbinden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verschwistern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zwei Teilnehmerinnen waren miteinander verschwistert; eine Teilnehmerin war mit ihrer vierjährigen Enkeltochter da, um die sie sich wegen der Berufstätigkeit der Eltern auch sonst kümmert.“
„Einer Erkenntniss zum Siege verhelfen heisst oft nur: sie so mit der Dummheit verschwistern, dass das Schwergewicht der letzteren auch den Sieg für die erstere erzwingt.“
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.