verweisen
\fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯zn̩\
The verdict
“verweisen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expulser, exclure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verweisen · verweisen · French
verweisen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | verweisen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯zn̩\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « verweisen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
verweisen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯zn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verweisen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 verweisen, spelled V-E-R-W-E-I-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Expulser, exclure.
- 2Renvoyer.
- 3Faire remarquer, faire référence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verweisen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Erkenntnisse über mutmaßliche Kriegsverbrechen haben nun offenbar den Ausschlag gegeben und dazu geführt, dass deutlich mehr russische Diplomaten des Landes verwiesen werden, als zunächst geplant.
Immer wieder berichteten Medien zuletzt von Fällen, bei denen auch deutschen Reisenden die Einreise in die Vereinigten Staaten verweigert wurde. Mehr noch: Gleich mehrere Personen landeten gar in wochenlanger Abschiebehaft, ehe sie des Landes verwiesen wurden.
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.