versterben

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛʁbn̩]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛʁbn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“versterben” is uncommon German (frequency #79,893 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,893
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus einem lebendigen in einen toten Zustand wechseln

Corpus desk

Index DE-versterben · versterben · German

versterben · rank #79,893 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,893
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Verteidigungs…

Nearest frequency peer: Verteidigungsausgaben (+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 „versterben“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for versterben
PropertyValue
Headwordversterben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛʁbn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#79,893
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „versterben“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.versterbenfällt 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: „Verteidigungsausgaben“ (#79,894), „Versicherern“ (#79,891), „Verwaltungsvorschriften“ (#79,895). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „versterben“ bei #79,893. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

versterben is uncommon German at frequency #79,893 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛʁbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus einem lebendigen in einen toten Zustand wechseln".

Zero misspellings are on record for versterben in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 versterben, spelled V-E-R-S-T-E-R-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    aus einem lebendigen in einen toten Zustand wechseln

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Jährlich versterben hunderte Patienten an den unhygienischen Zuständen im Krankenhaus.
  2. Das Robert-Koch-Institut (RKI) veröffentlicht in täglichen Berichten … die Zahl der sogenannten „Corona-Toten“. Demnach sind etwa 3,6 Prozent der positiv Getesteten verstorben.

Synonyms

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 "versterben"?
"versterben" is spelled V-E-R-S-T-E-R-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛʁbn̩].
What does "versterben" mean?
As a verb, "versterben" means: aus einem lebendigen in einen toten Zustand wechseln
How do you pronounce "versterben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "versterben" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛʁbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "versterben" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "versterben", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list