verheißen
\fɛɐ̯ˈhaɪ̯sn̩\
The verdict
“verheißen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Promettre, prédire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verhei-en · verheißen · French
verheißen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | verheißen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈhaɪ̯sn̩\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « verheißen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
verheißen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈhaɪ̯sn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Promettre, prédire.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for verheißen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is verheißen, spelled V-E-R-H-E-I-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Promettre, prédire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verheißen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er sah die Assignaten, auf denen hundert oder tausend Francs mit dem Siegel der Republik verheißen waren, als wertlose Papiere im Winde flattern.
In Italien trägt man zum Jahresbeginn rote Unterwäsche, verspeist Linsen mit Cotechino, einer Schweinswurst, oder mit Zampone, gefülltem Schweinsfuß. Diese deftige Kombination verheißt Wohlstand und Glück: Wer einen großen Fuß isst, lebt anschließend auf großem Fuß, ist ja logisch, und Linsen stehen generell für Reichtum.
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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.