versprühen

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃpʁyːən]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃpʁyːən]/ verb

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The verdict

“versprühen” is uncommon German (frequency #54,207 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,207
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Mimik und Gestik (positive Gefühle, wie zum Beispiel Lebensfreude) ausstrahlen

Corpus desk

Index DE-verspruhen · versprühen · German

versprühen · rank #54,207 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,207
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH versiert

Nearest frequency peer: versiert (-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 „versprühen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for versprühen
PropertyValue
Headwordversprühen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃpʁyːən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#54,207
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „versprühen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).versprühenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „versiert“ (#54,206), „Versäumnis“ (#54,208), „vernachlässigten“ (#54,205). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „versprühen“ bei #54,207. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

versprühen is uncommon German at frequency #54,207 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpʁyːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for versprühen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is versprühen, spelled V-E-R-S-P-R-Ü-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    durch Mimik und Gestik (positive Gefühle, wie zum Beispiel Lebensfreude) ausstrahlen
  2. 2
    Flüssigkeit in kleinsten Tröpfchen verteilen
  3. 3
    nach der Auflösung in kleinste Teilchen verschwinden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Sie versprüht auf Staatsempfängen und in Talk-Shows den herben Charme unverstellter Naivität. Das kann man mögen oder nicht.“
  2. Er versprüht Desinfektionsmittel im Badezimmer.

This word in other languages

spray(English)pulvériser(Français)

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 "versprühen"?
"versprühen" is spelled V-E-R-S-P-R-Ü-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpʁyːən].
What does "versprühen" mean?
As a verb, "versprühen" means: durch Mimik und Gestik (positive Gefühle, wie zum Beispiel Lebensfreude) ausstrahlen
How do you pronounce "versprühen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "versprühen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpʁyːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "versprühen" come from?
"versprühen" 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 "versprühen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Versäumnis#54,208verknüpfte#54,203Videoclips#54,211verdursten#54,195

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list