verunzieren
[fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnˌt͡siːʁən]
The verdict
“verunzieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (etwas oder jemanden) unansehnlich, unvorteilhaft erscheinen lassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verunzieren · verunzieren · German
verunzieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verunzieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnˌt͡siːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verunzieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verunzieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnˌt͡siːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(etwas oder jemanden) unansehnlich, unvorteilhaft erscheinen lassen".
Zero misspellings are on record for verunzieren in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is verunzieren, spelled V-E-R-U-N-Z-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1(etwas oder jemanden) unansehnlich, unvorteilhaft erscheinen lassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verunzieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Graffiti verunziert die ursprünglich weiße Hauswand.
„Einige peinliche Flecken verunzierten vielmehr seine revolutionären Personalakten.“
Antonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.