versohlen

[fɛɐ̯ˈzoːlən]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈzoːlən]/ verb

The verdict

“versohlen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,838 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,838
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden (nicht sehr brutal) schlagen (hauen)

Corpus desk

Index DE-versohlen · versohlen · German

versohlen · rank #68,838 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,838
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH versiegen

Nearest frequency peer: versiegen (-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 „versohlen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for versohlen
PropertyValue
Headwordversohlen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈzoːlən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#68,838
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „versohlen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).versohlenfällt 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: „versiegen“ (#68,837), „versprichst“ (#68,839), „verschlissen“ (#68,836). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „versohlen“ bei #68,838. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

versohlen is uncommon German at frequency #68,838 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈzoːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden (nicht sehr brutal) schlagen (hauen)".

No misspelling variants are generated for versohlen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is versohlen, spelled V-E-R-S-O-H-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden (nicht sehr brutal) schlagen (hauen)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pass auf, dass er dich nicht erwischt! Sonst versohlt er dir den Hintern!
  2. „‚Warum versohlst du sie nicht?‘ ‚Versohl du sie mal‘, sagte Albert. ‚Ich würde gern hören, was sie dazu sagt. Die hat ’n Mundwerk, die Olle.‘“

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 "versohlen"?
"versohlen" is spelled V-E-R-S-O-H-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈzoːlən].
What does "versohlen" mean?
As a verb, "versohlen" means: jemanden (nicht sehr brutal) schlagen (hauen)
How do you pronounce "versohlen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "versohlen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈzoːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "versohlen" come from?
"versohlen" 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 "versohlen", 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