verwelken
[fɛɐ̯ˈvɛlkn̩]
The verdict
“verwelken” 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) - Flüssigkeit im Gewebe und damit die Frische (Jugend) verlieren, trocken/welk werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-verwelken · verwelken · German
verwelken · 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 | verwelken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈvɛlkn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verwelken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verwelken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈvɛlkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Flüssigkeit im Gewebe und damit die Frische (Jugend) verlieren, trocken/welk werden".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verwelken, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is verwelken, spelled V-E-R-W-E-L-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Flüssigkeit im Gewebe und damit die Frische (Jugend) verlieren, trocken/welk werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verwelken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Stell doch den Blumenstrauß gleich in eine Vase, sonst verwelkt er so schnell.
„Besser ich verwelke vor Sehnsucht nach dir. Ich bin allein. Laß mich sterben. Was solls.“
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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.