Versprechung
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃpʁɛçʊŋ]
The verdict
“Versprechung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verbindliche Zusage, die oft jedoch tatsächlich haltlos ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-versprechung · Versprechung · German
Versprechung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Versprechung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpʁɛçʊŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Versprechung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Versprechung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpʁɛçʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "verbindliche Zusage, die oft jedoch tatsächlich haltlos ist".
Versprechung has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Versprechung, spelled V-E-R-S-P-R-E-C-H-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1verbindliche Zusage, die oft jedoch tatsächlich haltlos ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Versprechung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Oft wandten sich die Gespräche dem Schicksal von Frankreich in einem sich nahezu täglich wandelnden Europa zu, mit einem Krieg in Spanien und einem Diktator in Deutschland, dessen Versprechungen nicht mehr wert waren als Toilettenpapier, wie Gide sich ausdrückte.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.