versterben
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛʁbn̩]
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
- verschränkt…
verschränkten
20,112 corpus weight
- Versicherern
Versicherern
20,110 corpus weight
- versterben
versterben
20,108 corpus weight
- Verteidigun…
Verteidigungsausgaben
20,107 corpus weight
- Verwaltungs…
Verwaltungsvorschriften
20,106 corpus weight
- veränderbar
veränderbar
20,105 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „versterben“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | versterben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛʁbn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,893 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „versterben“ im Deutschen
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
- 1aus einem lebendigen in einen toten Zustand wechseln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how versterben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jährlich versterben hunderte Patienten an den unhygienischen Zuständen im Krankenhaus.
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.
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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