Verunglimpfung
[fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnɡlɪmp͡fʊŋ]
The verdict
“Verunglimpfung” is uncommon German (frequency #57,536 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,536
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Herabsetzung, Verächtlichmachung von jemandem oder etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-verunglimpfung · Verunglimpfung · German
Verunglimpfung · rank #57,536 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,536
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verunstaltet
Nearest frequency peer: verunstaltet (+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 „Verunglimpfung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- verspotten
verspotten
42,468 corpus weight
- verstaubt
verstaubt
42,467 corpus weight
- Verunglimpf…
Verunglimpfung
42,465 corpus weight
- verunstaltet
verunstaltet
42,464 corpus weight
- verweilt
verweilt
42,463 corpus weight
- verwässert
verwässert
42,461 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Verunglimpfung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Verunglimpfung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnɡlɪmp͡fʊŋ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #57,536 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Verunglimpfung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Verunglimpfung is uncommon German at frequency #57,536 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnɡlɪmp͡fʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Herabsetzung, Verächtlichmachung von jemandem oder etwas".
No misspelling variants are generated for Verunglimpfung in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Verunglimpfung, spelled V-E-R-U-N-G-L-I-M-P-F-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Herabsetzung, Verächtlichmachung von jemandem oder etwas
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Verunglimpfung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seit Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts wurde es zur Verunglimpfung von Personen verwendet.“
„Der sogenannte Blasphemieartikel 295 a-c des pakistanischen Strafgesetzbuchs stellt die Schändung religiöser Texte jeder Religionsgruppe unter Strafe. Auf die Verunglimpfung des Korans steht lebenslange Haft, auf die des Propheten die Todesstrafe.“
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).