verloren gehen
\fɛɐ̯ˈloːʁən ˌɡeːən\
The verdict
“verloren gehen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disparaître, être perdu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verloren-gehen · verloren gehen · French
verloren gehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | verloren gehen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈloːʁən ˌɡeːən\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
verloren gehen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈloːʁən ˌɡeːən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Disparaître, être perdu.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for verloren gehen in our index, 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is verloren gehen, spelled V-E-R-L-O-R-E-N- -G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Disparaître, être perdu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verloren gehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wer sich Sorgen macht, dass durch das Stoßlüften wertvolle Wärme verloren gehen könnte, täuscht sich.
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.