versessen

[fɛɐ̯ˈzɛsn̩]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈzɛsn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“versessen” is uncommon German (frequency #88,467 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,467
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas mit ganzem Herzen anstrebend, etwas unbedingt haben wollend

Corpus desk

Index DE-versessen · versessen · German

versessen · rank #88,467 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,467
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verschwitzten

Nearest frequency peer: verschwitzten (-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 „versessen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for versessen
PropertyValue
Headwordversessen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈzɛsn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#88,467
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „versessen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).versessenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verschwitzten“ (#88,466), „versilbert“ (#88,469), „Versammlungsort“ (#88,464). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „versessen“ bei #88,467. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

versessen is uncommon German at frequency #88,467 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈzɛsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas mit ganzem Herzen anstrebend, etwas unbedingt haben wollend".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for versessen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is versessen, spelled V-E-R-S-E-S-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas mit ganzem Herzen anstrebend, etwas unbedingt haben wollend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Jean ist ganz versessen aufs Surfen.
  2. Kein Mensch ist versessener auf etwas, als ein Heroin-Junkie.

This word in other languages

obsessed(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 "versessen"?
"versessen" is spelled V-E-R-S-E-S-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈzɛsn̩].
What does "versessen" mean?
As an adjective, "versessen" means: etwas mit ganzem Herzen anstrebend, etwas unbedingt haben wollend
How do you pronounce "versessen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "versessen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈzɛsn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "versessen" come from?
"versessen" 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 "versessen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verraucht#88,463verlautet#88,457Videotext#88,479Viehmarkt#88,480

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list