verzücken
[fɛɐ̯ˈt͡sʏkn̩]
The verdict
“verzücken” 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) - große Begeisterung auslösen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verzucken · verzücken · German
verzücken · 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 | verzücken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡sʏkn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verzücken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verzücken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡sʏkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "große Begeisterung auslösen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verzücken, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is verzücken, spelled V-E-R-Z-Ü-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1große Begeisterung auslösen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verzücken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Hochseilakrobaten verzückten das Publikum.
Verzückt hörte er dem Solisten zu.
Synonyms
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.