verstummen
\fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʊmən\
The verdict
“verstummen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se taire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verstummen · verstummen · French
verstummen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | verstummen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʊmən\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
verstummen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʊmən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for verstummen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is verstummen, spelled V-E-R-S-T-U-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1Se taire.
- 2Cesser à faire du bruit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verstummen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
»Sehr gut. Dann gehe ich«, sagte Assane, kaum dass ich verstummt war. »Ich werde in die Schule der Weißen gehen.« Einige Sekunden vergingen, dann sagte Tokô: »Gelobt sei Roog Sèn. Eure Mutter und ich sehen das genauso: Du, Assane Koumakh, wirst aufbrechen in die Welt draußen, um dort neues Wissen zu erwerben, und du, Ousseynou Koumakh, wirst hierbleiben u…
Inzwischen verfloß die Zeit; es ward Nacht; der Lärm der Straße verstummte; mein Oheim, stets über seiner Aufgabe, sah nichts, (...)
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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.