Verwesung

[fɛɐ̯ˈveːzʊŋ]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈveːzʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Verwesung” is uncommon German (frequency #65,836 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,836
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unter Mitwirkung von Bakterien erfolgende oxydative Abbau organischer Verbindungen, besonders von Eiweiß, zu einfachen Verbindungen wie Ammoniak, Kohlendioxid, Wasser, Nitraten und Sulfaten

Corpus desk

Index DE-verwesung · Verwesung · German

Verwesung · rank #65,836 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,836
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verzweigte

Nearest frequency peer: verzweigte (+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 „Verwesung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Verwesung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerwesung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈveːzʊŋ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,836
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Verwesung“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Verwesungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verzweigte“ (#65,837), „verwaisten“ (#65,834), „Veterinärmedizin“ (#65,838). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Verwesung“ bei #65,836. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Verwesung is uncommon German at frequency #65,836 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈveːzʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Verwesung in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Verwesung, spelled V-E-R-W-E-S-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    unter Mitwirkung von Bakterien erfolgende oxydative Abbau organischer Verbindungen, besonders von Eiweiß, zu einfachen Verbindungen wie Ammoniak, Kohlendioxid, Wasser, Nitraten und Sulfaten
  2. 2
    das Verwesen; in Verwesung übergehen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aas beginnt bereits nach kurzer Zeit zu verwesen und geht somit in Verwesung über.
  2. „Der junge Admiral, den man auf diese ungewöhnliche Weise zu konservieren gehofft hatte, um ihn in der väterlichen Familiengruft mit allen Ehren zu bestatten, war in völlige Verwesung übergegangen.“

Synonyms

AuflösungFäuleFäulnisVerrottungZersetzungPutrefaktionPutreszenz

This word in other languages

decomposition(English)putrefacción(Español)décomposition(Français)decomposição(Português)

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 "Verwesung"?
"Verwesung" is spelled V-E-R-W-E-S-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈveːzʊŋ].
What does "Verwesung" mean?
As a noun, "Verwesung" means: unter Mitwirkung von Bakterien erfolgende oxydative Abbau organischer Verbindungen, besonders von Eiweiß, zu einfachen Verbindungen wie Ammoniak, Kohlendioxid, Wasser, Nitraten und Sulfaten
How do you pronounce "Verwesung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verwesung" is [fɛɐ̯ˈveːzʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verwesung" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

verrottet#65,825Wachleute#65,862Wacholder#65,863Warnweste#65,870

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list