versohlen
[fɛɐ̯ˈzoːlən]
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
- 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 „versohlen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | versohlen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈzoːlən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,838 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „versohlen“ im Deutschen
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
- 1jemanden (nicht sehr brutal) schlagen (hauen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how versohlen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pass auf, dass er dich nicht erwischt! Sonst versohlt er dir den Hintern!
„‚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.
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