vertäuen
[fɛɐ̯ˈtɔɪ̯ən]
The verdict
“vertäuen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas mit einem Seil (Tau) festmachen
Corpus desk
Index DE-vertauen · vertäuen · German
vertäuen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | vertäuen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈtɔɪ̯ən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vertäuen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vertäuen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈtɔɪ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas mit einem Seil (Tau) festmachen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vertäuen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is vertäuen, spelled V-E-R-T-Ä-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas mit einem Seil (Tau) festmachen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vertäuen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Schiff wird am Anleger vertäut.
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.