vorgaukeln
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡaʊ̯kl̩n]
The verdict
“vorgaukeln” is uncommon German (frequency #69,866 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,866
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem etwas durch Täuschung suggerieren, glauben machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorgaukeln · vorgaukeln · German
vorgaukeln · rank #69,866 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,866
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vorderste
Nearest frequency peer: vorderste (-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 „vorgaukeln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vorchristli…
vorchristlichen
30,137 corpus weight
- vorderste
vorderste
30,136 corpus weight
- vorgaukeln
vorgaukeln
30,135 corpus weight
- vorgefunden…
vorgefundenen
30,134 corpus weight
- Vorjahressi…
Vorjahressieger
30,133 corpus weight
- Vorpommerns
Vorpommerns
30,132 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vorgaukeln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vorgaukeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡaʊ̯kl̩n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,866 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vorgaukeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vorgaukeln is uncommon German at frequency #69,866 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡaʊ̯kl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemandem etwas durch Täuschung suggerieren, glauben machen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vorgaukeln, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with 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 vorgaukeln, spelled V-O-R-G-A-U-K-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem etwas durch Täuschung suggerieren, glauben machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vorgaukeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hatte ihr die ganze Zeit nur vorgegaukelt, wohlhabend und erfolgreich zu sein.
„Im vergangenen Jahr aber wurde bekannt, dass VW ausgerechnet in den bei Deutsche See eingesetzten und als besonders "umweltverträglich und abgasarm" beworbenen Autos, eine Software eingesetzt hat, die die niedrigen Schadstoffwerte nur auf dem Prüfstand vorgaukelte.“
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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