Vertiefung
German, noun/ferˈtiːfʊŋ/
Vertiefung is spelled V-E-R-T-I-E-F-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 19,862nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vertiefung is a German feminine noun meaning “depression, recess (spot that is deeper/lower than its surroundings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a verbal noun of vertiefen: deepening (the act of making something deeper; the…. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das gedankliche Vertiefen durch intensive Beschäftigung mit etwas”.
What does Vertiefung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineverbal noun of vertiefen: deepening (the act of making something deeper; the process of becoming deeper)
- 2
femininedepression, recess (spot that is deeper/lower than its surroundings)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das gedankliche Vertiefen durch intensive Beschäftigung mit etwas 2. eine Delle auf einer Oberfläche
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Vertiefung
- Vertiefungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vertiefung?
- /ferˈtiːfʊŋ/
- [fɐˈtiː.fʊŋ]
- [fɛɐ̯-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vertiefung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vertiefung in German?
Vertiefung appears 2.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).