vorgaukeln

/[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡaʊ̯kl̩n]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#69,866

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

vorgaukeln is aGermanverb. It means: jemandem etwas durch Täuschung suggerieren, glauben machen Pronounced [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡaʊ̯kl̩n].

Key facts for vorgaukeln
PropertyValue
Headwordvorgaukeln
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡaʊ̯kl̩n]
Letters10
Frequency rank#69,866
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for vorgaukeln is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡaʊ̯kl̩n]. Corpus data places it at rank #69,866 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jemandem etwas durch Täuschung suggerieren, glauben machen".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for vorgaukeln in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 vorgaukeln, spelled V-O-R-G-A-U-K-E-L-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemandem etwas durch Täuschung suggerieren, glauben machen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #69,866 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vorgaukeln"?
"vorgaukeln" is spelled V-O-R-G-A-U-K-E-L-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡaʊ̯kl̩n].
What does "vorgaukeln" mean?
As a verb, "vorgaukeln" means: jemandem etwas durch Täuschung suggerieren, glauben machen
How do you pronounce "vorgaukeln"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vorgaukeln" is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡaʊ̯kl̩n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vorgaukeln" come from?
"vorgaukeln" 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.