verlangen
\fɛɐ̯ˈlaŋən\
The verdict
“verlangen” 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) - Exiger, demander.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verlangen · verlangen · French
verlangen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | verlangen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈlaŋən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « verlangen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
verlangen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈlaŋən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Exiger, demander.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verlangen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is verlangen, spelled V-E-R-L-A-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Exiger, demander.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verlangen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Präposition "mit" verlangt den Dativ.
Die Geiselnehmer verlangen eine Million Euro in bar sowie ein Fluchtauto und drohen damit, eine Geisel zu erschießen, wenn die Forderung nicht erfüllt wird.
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.