verschwenden
\fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɛndən\
The verdict
“verschwenden” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dilapider, gaspiller, dissiper, prodiguer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verschwenden · verschwenden · French
verschwenden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | verschwenden |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɛndən\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « verschwenden » en français
Rare enough to double-check
verschwenden is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɛndən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dilapider, gaspiller, dissiper, prodiguer.".
No misspelling variants are generated for verschwenden in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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. The correct French form is verschwenden, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-W-E-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dilapider, gaspiller, dissiper, prodiguer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verschwenden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man sollte kein Wasser verschwenden, wenn man durch eine Wüste reist.
Wir verschwenden die hochwertige Ressource Trinkwasser und leiten Regenwasser ins Ausland ab, statt es sinnvoll zu verwenden
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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.