versiegen
[fɛɐ̯ˈziːɡn̩]
The verdict
“versiegen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,837 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,837
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - langsam aber sicher weniger und weniger werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-versiegen · versiegen · German
versiegen · rank #68,837 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,837
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verschlissen
Nearest frequency peer: verschlissen (-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 „versiegen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- verrühren
verrühren
31,167 corpus weight
- verschleppt…
verschleppten
31,166 corpus weight
- verschlissen
verschlissen
31,165 corpus weight
- versiegen
versiegen
31,164 corpus weight
- versohlen
versohlen
31,163 corpus weight
- versprichst
versprichst
31,162 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „versiegen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | versiegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈziːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,837 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „versiegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
versiegen is uncommon German at frequency #68,837 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈziːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "langsam aber sicher weniger und weniger werden".
versiegen has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is versiegen, spelled V-E-R-S-I-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1langsam aber sicher weniger und weniger werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how versiegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Grundwasserspiegel ist so sehr gesunken, dass unsere Quelle im gegrabenen Brunnen in diesem Sommer versiegte.
Der Zustrom an Spendengeldern versiegte.
Antonyms
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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