verschenken
\fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛŋkən\
The verdict
“verschenken” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Offrir, donner (un cadeau).
Corpus desk
Index FR-verschenken · verschenken · French
verschenken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | verschenken |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛŋkən\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « verschenken » en français
Rare enough to double-check
verschenken is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛŋkən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Offrir, donner (un cadeau).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verschenken, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is verschenken, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-E-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Offrir, donner (un cadeau).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verschenken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als Detlef von Berlin nach Paris gezogen ist, hat er seine Möbel in Berlin verschenkt und sich in Paris neue gekauft.
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.