Verursacherprinzip
[fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯zaxɐpʁɪnˌt͡siːp]
The verdict
“Verursacherprinzip” is uncommon German (frequency #99,285 among 49,639 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,285
- frequency rank, German
- 49,639
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (meist umwelt- und wirtschaftspolitischer) Grundsatz, nach dem derjenige, der Kosten oder Schäden verursacht, auch die Verantwortung dafür trägt und die Folgen zu tragen hat
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Verursacherprinzip |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯zaxɐpʁɪnˌt͡siːp] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #99,285 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Verursacherprinzip” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Verursacherprinzip is uncommon German at frequency #99,285 among 49,639 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯zaxɐpʁɪnˌt͡siːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(meist umwelt- und wirtschaftspolitischer) Grundsatz, nach dem derjenige, der Kosten oder Schäden verursacht, auch die Verantwortung dafür trägt und die Folgen zu tragen hat".
No misspelling variants are generated for Verursacherprinzip in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Verursacherprinzip, spelled V-E-R-U-R-S-A-C-H-E-R-P-R-I-N-Z-I-P.
Definition
- 1(meist umwelt- und wirtschaftspolitischer) Grundsatz, nach dem derjenige, der Kosten oder Schäden verursacht, auch die Verantwortung dafür trägt und die Folgen zu tragen hat
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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Using “Verursacherprinzip”
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- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-U-R-S-A-C-H-E-R-P-R-I-N-Z-I-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯zaxɐpʁɪnˌt͡siːp] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.