Verteidigung

/[fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯dɪɡʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,496

in German word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Verteidigung is aGermannoun. It means: Rechtfertigung, Abwehr von/Verwahrung gegen Kritik Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯dɪɡʊŋ]. It ranks #3,496 in German word frequency. Often confused with verteidigen and Vereinigung.

Key facts for Verteidigung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerteidigung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯dɪɡʊŋ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#3,496
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Verteidigung in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Verteidigung is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯dɪɡʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,496 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for Verteidigung, with forms such as "evrteidigung", "veretidigung", and "verrteidigung". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "verteidigen", "Vereinigung", "Vereidigung", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Verteidigung, spelled V-E-R-T-E-I-D-I-G-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rechtfertigung, Abwehr von/Verwahrung gegen Kritik
  2. 2
    vor Gericht: Gesamtheit der Verteidiger einer/eines Angeklagten
  3. 3
    Hintermannschaft in einem Mannschaftsspiel
  4. 4
    Abwehrhandlung oder die dafür vorgesehenen Mittel
  5. 5
    Gesamtheit der militärischen Einrichtungen
  6. 6
    Eintritt für die Rechte einer angeklagten Person durch Betonen der für sie sprechenden Gesichtspunkte und Abschwächen der Argumente der Staatsanwaltschaft
  7. 7
    Versuch, ein Spielergebnis zu halten

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrteidigung,veretidigung,verrteidigung,vertediigung,verteiddigung,verteidgiung,verteidiggung,verteidignug,verteidigugn,verteidigungg,verteidigunng,verteidiugng,verteiidgung,vertiedigung,vertteidigung,vetreidigung,vreteidigung,vverteidigung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Verteidigung

Misspelling Variants of "Verteidigung"

evrteidigung12veretidigung12verrteidigung13vertediigung12verteiddigung13verteidgiung12verteidiggung13verteidignug12
Misspelling Variants of "Verteidigung"

Frequency rank: #3,496 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Verteidigung"?
"Verteidigung" is spelled V-E-R-T-E-I-D-I-G-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯dɪɡʊŋ].
What does "Verteidigung" mean?
As a noun, "Verteidigung" means: Rechtfertigung, Abwehr von/Verwahrung gegen Kritik
What words are commonly confused with "Verteidigung"?
"Verteidigung" is commonly confused with "verteidigen", "Vereinigung", "Vereidigung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Verteidigung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verteidigung" is [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯dɪɡʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verteidigung" come from?
"Verteidigung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.