verwarnen
[fɛɐ̯ˈvaʁnən]
The verdict
“verwarnen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden unter Androhung einer Strafe ermahnen, streng zurechtweisen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verwarnen · verwarnen · German
verwarnen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | verwarnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈvaʁnən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verwarnen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verwarnen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈvaʁnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden unter Androhung einer Strafe ermahnen, streng zurechtweisen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verwarnen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is verwarnen, spelled V-E-R-W-A-R-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden unter Androhung einer Strafe ermahnen, streng zurechtweisen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verwarnen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Arbeitgeber dürfen ihre Arbeitnehmer verwarnen, wenn diese ein Fehlverhalten gesetzt haben.
Weil er am Rande eines Prozesses um den gewaltsamen Tod seines Bruders einen Zeugen misshandelt hat, ist ein 19-jähriger Schüler am Montag in Frankfurt verwarnt worden.
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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.