Verteuerung

[fɛɐ̯ˈtɔɪ̯əʁʊŋ]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈtɔɪ̯əʁʊŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Verteuerung” is uncommon German (frequency #66,837 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,837
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anstieg des Preises für Waren oder Dienstleistungen

Corpus desk

Index DE-verteuerung · Verteuerung · German

Verteuerung · rank #66,837 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,837
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH versöhnlich

Nearest frequency peer: versöhnlich (-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 „Verteuerung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Verteuerung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerteuerung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈtɔɪ̯əʁʊŋ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#66,837
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Verteuerung“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „versöhnlich“ (#66,836), „verstreute“ (#66,835), „Videokameras“ (#66,839). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Verteuerung“ bei #66,837. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Verteuerung is uncommon German at frequency #66,837 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈtɔɪ̯əʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anstieg des Preises für Waren oder Dienstleistungen".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Verteuerung, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Verteuerung, spelled V-E-R-T-E-U-E-R-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anstieg des Preises für Waren oder Dienstleistungen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Verteuerung der Hauptnahrungsmittel wie Getreide und Reis habe sich so sehr beschleunigt, dass staatliche Eingriffe dringend nötig seien, erklärte der Chef der UNO-Wirtschaftskommission für Lateinamerika und die Karibik (Eclac), Machinea, am Freitag.
  2. Aufgrund der anhaltenden Verteuerung von Rohstoffen erwarten Analysten, dass die Unternehmen die Preise auch im laufenden Jahr kräftig anheben werden.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Verteuerung"?
"Verteuerung" is spelled V-E-R-T-E-U-E-R-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈtɔɪ̯əʁʊŋ].
What does "Verteuerung" mean?
As a noun, "Verteuerung" means: Anstieg des Preises für Waren oder Dienstleistungen
How do you pronounce "Verteuerung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verteuerung" is [fɛɐ̯ˈtɔɪ̯əʁʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verteuerung" come from?
"Verteuerung" 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 "Verteuerung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list