verzwickt

[fɛɐ̯ˈt͡svɪkt]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈt͡svɪkt]/ adj

The verdict

“verzwickt” is uncommon German (frequency #87,236 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,236
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kompliziert, schwierig

Corpus desk

Index DE-verzwickt · verzwickt · German

verzwickt · rank #87,236 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,236
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Viehzüchter

Nearest frequency peer: Viehzüchter (+2 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 „verzwickt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verzwickt
PropertyValue
Headwordverzwickt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈt͡svɪkt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,236
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verzwickt“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.verzwicktfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Viehzüchter“ (#87,238), „vertauschte“ (#87,233), „versifft“ (#87,232). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verzwickt“ bei #87,236. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verzwickt is uncommon German at frequency #87,236 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡svɪkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kompliziert, schwierig".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for verzwickt, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verzwickt, spelled V-E-R-Z-W-I-C-K-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    kompliziert, schwierig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Das ist ein verzwicktes Problem.
  2. „Nur soll er mir gefälligst sagen, wie es eigentlich anfange mit dem Geistlichwerden, wie das erste Fach heisse? Ob es schwer sei, schwerer als Dezimalbrüche, oder als Hebräisch, das so verzwickt aussehe und von hinten anfange?“

Synonyms

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 "verzwickt"?
"verzwickt" is spelled V-E-R-Z-W-I-C-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡svɪkt].
What does "verzwickt" mean?
As an adjective, "verzwickt" means: kompliziert, schwierig
How do you pronounce "verzwickt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verzwickt" is [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡svɪkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verzwickt" come from?
"verzwickt" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verzwickt", 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