versklaven
[fɛɐ̯ˈsklaːvn̩]
The verdict
“versklaven” is uncommon German (frequency #61,151 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,151
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden zu einem Sklaven machen, in die Sklaverei führen
Corpus desk
Index DE-versklaven · versklaven · German
versklaven · rank #61,151 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,151
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verschrecken
Nearest frequency peer: verschrecken (-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 „versklaven“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vermummten
vermummten
38,853 corpus weight
- verschenke
verschenke
38,852 corpus weight
- verschrecken
verschrecken
38,851 corpus weight
- versklaven
versklaven
38,850 corpus weight
- versteinert
versteinert
38,849 corpus weight
- Versuchsper…
Versuchspersonen
38,848 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „versklaven“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | versklaven |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈsklaːvn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #61,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „versklaven“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
versklaven is uncommon German at frequency #61,151 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈsklaːvn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden zu einem Sklaven machen, in die Sklaverei führen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for versklaven, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is versklaven, spelled V-E-R-S-K-L-A-V-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden zu einem Sklaven machen, in die Sklaverei führen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how versklaven appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eigentlich müsste die Menschheit längst von Robotern versklavt oder zu Zombies mutiert sein – so jedenfalls sah Hollywood die erste Dekade des 21. Jahrhunderts.
„Erst werden die Menschen unters Joch gezwungen und dann als knechtisch verachtet, unterdrückt und dann von oben herab behandelt, verdummt und ihrer Dummheit wegen verhöhnt, versklavt und als Sklaven geschmäht.“
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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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