vertagen
[fɛɐ̯ˈtaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“vertagen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #61,154 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #61,154
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auf einen späteren Zeitpunkt verschieben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vertagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈtaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vertagen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for vertagen is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈtaːɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,154 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vertagen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is vertagen, spelled V-E-R-T-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1auf einen späteren Zeitpunkt verschieben
- 2auf einen späteren Zeitpunkt verschieben
- 3auf einen späteren Zeitpunkt verschieben
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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Using “vertagen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-T-A-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈtaːɡn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.