verstrahlen
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁaːlən]
The verdict
“verstrahlen” 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) - mit Radioaktivität kontaminieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-verstrahlen · verstrahlen · German
verstrahlen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | verstrahlen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁaːlən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verstrahlen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verstrahlen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁaːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verstrahlen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is verstrahlen, spelled V-E-R-S-T-R-A-H-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit Radioaktivität kontaminieren
- 2rundherum in alle Richtungen abgeben (ausstrahlen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verstrahlen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Katastrophe von Tschernobyl verstrahlte ganze Landstriche.
Das Gelände ist radioaktiv verstrahlt.
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.