verwüsten
[fɛɐ̯ˈvyːstn̩]
The verdict
“verwüsten” is uncommon German (frequency #50,994 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,994
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zerstören, beschädigen, meist bei Stürmen oder Kriegsaktionen verwendet.
Corpus desk
Index DE-verwusten · verwüsten · German
verwüsten · rank #50,994 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,994
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vervielfältigt
Nearest frequency peer: vervielfältigt (-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 „verwüsten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Verständnis…
Verständnisses
49,010 corpus weight
- verteufelt
verteufelt
49,009 corpus weight
- vervielfält…
vervielfältigt
49,008 corpus weight
- verwüsten
verwüsten
49,007 corpus weight
- verwüsteten
verwüsteten
49,006 corpus weight
- verzweigten
verzweigten
49,005 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verwüsten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verwüsten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈvyːstn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verwüsten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verwüsten is uncommon German at frequency #50,994 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈvyːstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zerstören, beschädigen, meist bei Stürmen oder Kriegsaktionen verwendet.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verwüsten, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is verwüsten, spelled V-E-R-W-Ü-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1zerstören, beschädigen, meist bei Stürmen oder Kriegsaktionen verwendet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verwüsten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Sturm hat mein ganzes Haus verwüstet!
„Ihre Gebäude und Ländereien waren zwar verwüstet, aber nicht zerstört.“
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.
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