verstreichen
\fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩\
The verdict
“verstreichen” 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) - Passer (parlant du temps).
Corpus desk
Index FR-verstreichen · verstreichen · French
verstreichen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | verstreichen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
verstreichen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
verstreichen has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is verstreichen, spelled V-E-R-S-T-R-E-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Passer (parlant du temps).
- 2Passer (parlant d’un délai).
- 3transitif Étaler, appliquer sur une surface.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verstreichen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aber was Blake am meisten gefällt, das ist Kochen. Wegen der Momente im Leerlauf, in denen man ein Rezept ersinnt, wegen der Zeit, die ohne Hast verstreicht, selbst inmitten des fieberhaften Treibens in einer Küche, der langen stillen Sekunden, in denen man zuschaut, wie die Butter in der Pfanne zerläuft, die Zwiebeln glasig werden, ein Soufflé aufgeht.
Die Richterin hielt Trump vor, er habe "viele Jahre verstreichen lassen", ohne sich juristisch gegen die Behauptungen zu wehren.
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.