verwitwet

[fɛɐ̯ˈvɪtvət]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈvɪtvət]/ adj

The verdict

“verwitwet” is uncommon German (frequency #67,854 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,854
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Familienstand, nachdem der Ehepartner verstorben ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-verwitwet · verwitwet · German

verwitwet · rank #67,854 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,854
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verwertbaren

Nearest frequency peer: verwertbaren (-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 „verwitwet“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verwitwet
PropertyValue
Headwordverwitwet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈvɪtvət]
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,854
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verwitwet“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verwertbaren“ (#67,853), „viereckigen“ (#67,855), „verwendeter“ (#67,852). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verwitwet“ bei #67,854. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verwitwet is uncommon German at frequency #67,854 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈvɪtvət]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "im Familienstand, nachdem der Ehepartner verstorben ist".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verwitwet, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is verwitwet, spelled V-E-R-W-I-T-W-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    im Familienstand, nachdem der Ehepartner verstorben ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sie ist schon seit einem Jahr verwitwet.
  2. „Unter den Alleinerziehern waren 198 verwitwet, wie viele geschieden waren, ist dem Staatssekretariat nicht bekannt.“

This word in other languages

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 "verwitwet"?
"verwitwet" is spelled V-E-R-W-I-T-W-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈvɪtvət].
What does "verwitwet" mean?
As an adjective, "verwitwet" means: im Familienstand, nachdem der Ehepartner verstorben ist
How do you pronounce "verwitwet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verwitwet" is [fɛɐ̯ˈvɪtvət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verwitwet" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list