verunglimpfen
[fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnɡlɪmp͡fn̩]
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
- Vertragspar…
Vertragspartei
31,158 corpus weight
- Vertragsunt…
Vertragsunterzeichnung
31,157 corpus weight
- vertretbare
vertretbare
31,156 corpus weight
- verunglimpf…
verunglimpfen
31,155 corpus weight
- verursache
verursache
31,154 corpus weight
- verzockt
verzockt
31,153 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verunglimpfen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verunglimpfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnɡlɪmp͡fn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #68,846 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verunglimpfen“ im Deutschen
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
- 1jemand oder etwas schlechtmachen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verunglimpfen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat mein Werk verunglimpft!
D. Trump hat die im ersten Weltkrieg gefallenen US-Soldaten als 'Trottel und Verlierer' verunglimpft.
Synonyms
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.
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