verwässern

[fɛɐ̯ˈvɛsɐn]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈvɛsɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“verwässern” is uncommon German (frequency #84,751 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,751
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas zu sehr mit Wasser verdünnen, wässrig machen

Corpus desk

Index DE-verwassern · verwässern · German

verwässern · rank #84,751 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,751
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Verwundeter

Nearest frequency peer: Verwundeter (-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 „verwässern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verwässern
PropertyValue
Headwordverwässern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈvɛsɐn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#84,751
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verwässern“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.verwässernfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Verwundeter“ (#84,750), „verängstigten“ (#84,752), „Verwendbarkeit“ (#84,749). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verwässern“ bei #84,751. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verwässern is uncommon German at frequency #84,751 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈvɛsɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verwässern, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is verwässern, spelled V-E-R-W-Ä-S-S-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas zu sehr mit Wasser verdünnen, wässrig machen
  2. 2
    wässrig werden, einen zu hohen Wasseranteil bekommen
  3. 3
    den Inhalt, die Wirkungs- oder Aussagekraft von etwas abschwächen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how verwässern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tante Agathe verwässert den Kaffee immer so sehr, dass er fast nach gar nichts schmeckt.
  2. Hast du schon wieder den Wein verwässert?

Synonyms

diluieren

Antonyms

verschärfenverstärken

This word in other languages

water down(English)enaguachar(Español)diluer(Français)

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 "verwässern"?
"verwässern" is spelled V-E-R-W-Ä-S-S-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈvɛsɐn].
What does "verwässern" mean?
As a verb, "verwässern" means: etwas zu sehr mit Wasser verdünnen, wässrig machen
How do you pronounce "verwässern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verwässern" is [fɛɐ̯ˈvɛsɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verwässern" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verwässern", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list