verstauchen
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʊ̯xn̩]
The verdict
“verstauchen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Gelenk (auch dessen Bänder) einer Gliedmaße schädigen, indem es einem heftigen Druck/Stoß (einer Stauchung) ausgesetzt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-verstauchen · verstauchen · German
verstauchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | verstauchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʊ̯xn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verstauchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verstauchen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʊ̯xn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Gelenk (auch dessen Bänder) einer Gliedmaße schädigen, indem es einem heftigen Druck/Stoß (einer Stauchung) ausgesetzt wird".
No misspelling variants are generated for verstauchen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verstauchen, spelled V-E-R-S-T-A-U-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1das Gelenk (auch dessen Bänder) einer Gliedmaße schädigen, indem es einem heftigen Druck/Stoß (einer Stauchung) ausgesetzt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verstauchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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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.