versiegen

[fɛɐ̯ˈziːɡn̩]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈziːɡn̩]/ verb

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for versiegen
PropertyValue
Headwordversiegen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈziːɡn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#68,837
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „versiegen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verschlissen“ (#68,836), „versohlen“ (#68,838), „verschleppten“ (#68,835). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „versiegen“ bei #68,837. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    langsam aber sicher weniger und weniger werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Grundwasserspiegel ist so sehr gesunken, dass unsere Quelle im gegrabenen Brunnen in diesem Sommer versiegte.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "versiegen"?
"versiegen" is spelled V-E-R-S-I-E-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈziːɡn̩].
What does "versiegen" mean?
As a verb, "versiegen" means: langsam aber sicher weniger und weniger werden
How do you pronounce "versiegen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "versiegen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈziːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "versiegen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list