verzichten

/[fɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɪçtn̩]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,567

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

verzichten is aGermanverb. It means: Ansprüche auf etwas freiwillig aufgeben; etwas aus seiner freien Entscheidung heraus nicht tun Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɪçtn̩]. It ranks #2,567 in German word frequency. Often confused with verziehen and verzichtet.

Key facts for verzichten
PropertyValue
Headwordverzichten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɪçtn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#2,567
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of verzichten in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for verzichten is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɪçtn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,567 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ansprüche auf etwas freiwillig aufgeben; etwas aus seiner freien Entscheidung heraus nicht tun".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for verzichten, with forms such as "evrzichten", "verizchten", and "verrzichten". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "verziehen", "verzichtet", "verzierten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is verzichten, spelled V-E-R-Z-I-C-H-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ansprüche auf etwas freiwillig aufgeben; etwas aus seiner freien Entscheidung heraus nicht tun

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrzichten,verizchten,verrzichten,verzcihten,verzicchten,verzichetn,verzichhten,verzichtenn,verzichtne,verzichtten,verzicthen,verzihcten,verzzichten,vezrichten,vrezichten,vverzichten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verzichten

Misspelling Variants of "verzichten"

evrzichten10verizchten10verrzichten11verzcihten10verzicchten11verzichetn10verzichhten11verzichtenn11
Misspelling Variants of "verzichten"

Frequency rank: #2,567 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verzichten"?
"verzichten" is spelled V-E-R-Z-I-C-H-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɪçtn̩].
What does "verzichten" mean?
As a verb, "verzichten" means: Ansprüche auf etwas freiwillig aufgeben; etwas aus seiner freien Entscheidung heraus nicht tun
What words are commonly confused with "verzichten"?
"verzichten" is commonly confused with "verziehen", "verzichtet", "verzierten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verzichten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verzichten" is [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɪçtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verzichten" come from?
"verzichten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.