Verstrickung

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɪkʊŋ]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɪkʊŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Verstrickung” is uncommon German (frequency #55,003 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,003
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prozess/Zustand, in einer bestimmten Konstellation/Situation gefangen zu werden beziehungsweise zu sein

Corpus desk

Index DE-verstrickung · Verstrickung · German

Verstrickung · rank #55,003 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,003
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH versierte

Nearest frequency peer: versierte (-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 „Verstrickung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Verstrickung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerstrickung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɪkʊŋ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#55,003
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Verstrickung“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Verstrickungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „versierte“ (#55,002), „vertauschen“ (#55,004), „verseuchten“ (#55,001). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Verstrickung“ bei #55,003. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Verstrickung is uncommon German at frequency #55,003 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɪkʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prozess/Zustand, in einer bestimmten Konstellation/Situation gefangen zu werden beziehungsweise zu sein".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Verstrickung, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Verstrickung, spelled V-E-R-S-T-R-I-C-K-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prozess/Zustand, in einer bestimmten Konstellation/Situation gefangen zu werden beziehungsweise zu sein

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Und sie sprechen darüber, welche Kreise die Verstrickung eigener Familienmitglieder in die Taten der Nationalsozialisten noch bei den kommenden Generationen zog.“

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 "Verstrickung"?
"Verstrickung" is spelled V-E-R-S-T-R-I-C-K-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɪkʊŋ].
What does "Verstrickung" mean?
As a noun, "Verstrickung" means: Prozess/Zustand, in einer bestimmten Konstellation/Situation gefangen zu werden beziehungsweise zu sein
How do you pronounce "Verstrickung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verstrickung" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɪkʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verstrickung" come from?
"Verstrickung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list