vertretbare

[ˌfɛɐ̯ˈtʁeːtˌbaːʁə]

/[ˌfɛɐ̯ˈtʁeːtˌbaːʁə]/ adj

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The verdict

“vertretbare” is uncommon German (frequency #68,845 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,845
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vertretbar

Corpus desk

Index DE-vertretbare · vertretbare · German

vertretbare · rank #68,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,845
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vertragsunter…

Nearest frequency peer: Vertragsunterzeichnung (-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 „vertretbare“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vertretbare
PropertyValue
Headwordvertretbare
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌfɛɐ̯ˈtʁeːtˌbaːʁə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#68,845
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „vertretbare“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.vertretbarefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Vertragsunterzeichnung“ (#68,844), „verunglimpfen“ (#68,846), „Vertragspartei“ (#68,843). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „vertretbare“ bei #68,845. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vertretbare is uncommon German at frequency #68,845 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈtʁeːtˌbaːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

vertretbare has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is vertretbare, spelled V-E-R-T-R-E-T-B-A-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vertretbar
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vertretbar
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vertretbar
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vertretbar
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vertretbar
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vertretbar
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vertretbar
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vertretbar
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vertretbar

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 "vertretbare"?
"vertretbare" is spelled V-E-R-T-R-E-T-B-A-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈtʁeːtˌbaːʁə].
What does "vertretbare" mean?
As an adjective, "vertretbare" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vertretbar
How do you pronounce "vertretbare"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vertretbare" is [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈtʁeːtˌbaːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vertretbare" come from?
"vertretbare" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vertretbare", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

versprichst#68,839vollzogenen#68,857Vorlaufzeit#68,862verfügbarer#68,824

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list