verwaiste

[fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯stə]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯stə]/ adj

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The verdict

“verwaiste” is uncommon German (frequency #62,978 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,978
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verwaist

Corpus desk

Index DE-verwaiste · verwaiste · German

verwaiste · rank #62,978 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,978
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vervielfacht

Nearest frequency peer: vervielfacht (-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 „verwaiste“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verwaiste
PropertyValue
Headwordverwaiste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯stə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#62,978
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verwaiste“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).verwaistefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vervielfacht“ (#62,977), „Videokonferenz“ (#62,979), „Vertrauensperson“ (#62,976). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verwaiste“ bei #62,978. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verwaiste is uncommon German at frequency #62,978 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯stə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for verwaiste in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is verwaiste, spelled V-E-R-W-A-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verwaist
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verwaist
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verwaist
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verwaist
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verwaist
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verwaist
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verwaist
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verwaist
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verwaist

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 "verwaiste"?
"verwaiste" is spelled V-E-R-W-A-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯stə].
What does "verwaiste" mean?
As an adjective, "verwaiste" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verwaist
How do you pronounce "verwaiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verwaiste" is [fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯stə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verwaiste" come from?
"verwaiste" 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 "verwaiste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verstirbt#62,974verspannt#62,973vorgehabt#62,985Vorposten#62,989

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list