verstoßen
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtoːsn̩]
The verdict
“verstoßen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand verstößt gegen etwas: eine Regel oder ein Gesetz brechen; sich nicht an etwas halten
Corpus desk
Index DE-versto-en · verstoßen · German
verstoßen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | verstoßen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtoːsn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verstoßen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verstoßen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtoːsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for verstoßen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 verstoßen, spelled V-E-R-S-T-O-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemand verstößt gegen etwas: eine Regel oder ein Gesetz brechen; sich nicht an etwas halten
- 2etwas verstößt gegen etwas: nicht regel- oder gesetzeskonform sein
- 3jemanden verstoßen: jemanden aus einer Gruppe (z. B. der Familie) ausschließen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verstoßen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat gegen das Gesetz verstoßen.
Die Vorratsdatenspeicherung verstößt gegen das Grundgesetz.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.