verunglimpfen

[fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnɡlɪmp͡fn̩]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnɡlɪmp͡fn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“verunglimpfen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,846 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,846
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand oder etwas schlechtmachen

Corpus desk

Index DE-verunglimpfen · verunglimpfen · German

verunglimpfen · rank #68,846 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,846
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vertretbare

Nearest frequency peer: vertretbare (-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 „verunglimpfen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verunglimpfen
PropertyValue
Headwordverunglimpfen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnɡlɪmp͡fn̩]
Letters13
Frequency rank#68,846
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verunglimpfen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).verunglimpfenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vertretbare“ (#68,845), „verursache“ (#68,847), „Vertragsunterzeichnung“ (#68,844). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verunglimpfen“ bei #68,846. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verunglimpfen is uncommon German at frequency #68,846 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnɡlɪmp͡fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand oder etwas schlechtmachen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verunglimpfen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for 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 verunglimpfen, spelled V-E-R-U-N-G-L-I-M-P-F-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand oder etwas schlechtmachen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er hat mein Werk verunglimpft!
  2. D. Trump hat die im ersten Weltkrieg gefallenen US-Soldaten als 'Trottel und Verlierer' verunglimpft.

Synonyms

diffamierendiskreditierenherabsetzenherabwürdigenin den Schmutz ziehenjemanden in ein schlechtes Licht setzen

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 "verunglimpfen"?
"verunglimpfen" is spelled V-E-R-U-N-G-L-I-M-P-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnɡlɪmp͡fn̩].
What does "verunglimpfen" mean?
As a verb, "verunglimpfen" means: jemand oder etwas schlechtmachen
How do you pronounce "verunglimpfen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verunglimpfen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnɡlɪmp͡fn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verunglimpfen" come from?
"verunglimpfen" 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 "verunglimpfen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list