verziehen
\fɛɐ̯ˈt͡siːən\
The verdict
“verziehen” 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) - Faire (des grimaces), crisper.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verziehen · verziehen · French
verziehen · 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 | verziehen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈt͡siːən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
verziehen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈt͡siːən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verziehen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is verziehen, spelled V-E-R-Z-I-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Faire (des grimaces), crisper.
- 2Déménager.
- 3Déformer.
- 4Dissiper, disparaître, se retirer.
- 5Gâter (donner une mauvaise éducation à).
- 6rater (une frappe).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verziehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Kind kostete den Rosenkohl, verzog das Gesicht und sagte: Das ist zu bitter!
Ich nehme einen Schluck Kaffee, verziehe das Gesicht. Normalerweise trinke ich ihn gerne schwarz, aber heute ist er mir zu stark geraten. Ich hole die Kaffeesahne aus dem Kühlschrank, die ich für Charlotte oder andere Besucher bereithalte, und kippe einen ordentlichen Schwung in meinen Kaffee.
Antonyms
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.