verzweifachen
[fɛɐ̯ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌfaxn̩]
The verdict
“verzweifachen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas auf die zweifache Anzahl bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verzweifachen · verzweifachen · German
verzweifachen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | verzweifachen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌfaxn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verzweifachen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verzweifachen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌfaxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verzweifachen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verzweifachen, spelled V-E-R-Z-W-E-I-F-A-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas auf die zweifache Anzahl bringen
- 2sich auf die zweifache Anzahl erhöhen beziehungsweise zweifache Menge vergrößern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verzweifachen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Einen Hund hat die Firma freilich immer noch nicht geklont, doch ist die Forschung offenbar weit genug gediehen, um Katzen genetisch zu verzweifachen.“
„So soll sich der Umsatz in der Region, der heute rund 500 Millionen Euro beträgt, in rund vier Jahren verzweifachen.“
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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.