verströmen

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁøːmən]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁøːmən]/ verb

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The verdict

“verströmen” is uncommon German (frequency #99,283 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,283
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas von sich geben, ein Gefühl vermitteln

Corpus desk

Index DE-verstromen · verströmen · German

verströmen · rank #99,283 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,283
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verstümmelten

Nearest frequency peer: verstümmelten (+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 „verströmen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verströmen
PropertyValue
Headwordverströmen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁøːmən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#99,283
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verströmen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verstümmelten“ (#99,284), „verstehende“ (#99,281), „Verursacherprinzip“ (#99,285). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verströmen“ bei #99,283. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verströmen is uncommon German at frequency #99,283 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁøːmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas von sich geben, ein Gefühl vermitteln".

verströmen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented 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 verströmen, spelled V-E-R-S-T-R-Ö-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas von sich geben, ein Gefühl vermitteln

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der kleine Bullerofen verströmt eine angenehme Wärme.
  2. „Jetzt muss ich Optimismus verströmen. Kranke brauchen vor allem eins: Optimismus!“

Antonyms

zurückhalten

This word in other languages

exude(English)

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 "verströmen"?
"verströmen" is spelled V-E-R-S-T-R-Ö-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁøːmən].
What does "verströmen" mean?
As a verb, "verströmen" means: etwas von sich geben, ein Gefühl vermitteln
How do you pronounce "verströmen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verströmen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁøːmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verströmen" come from?
"verströmen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

verwandtes#99,286verwöhntes#99,289verlogenes#99,274verkuppelt#99,272

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list