# wagte vs wait

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wagte
*verb · IPA [ˈvaːktə] · frequency rank #17,464*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs wagen

### wait
*verb · IPA [weɪt] · frequency rank #20,121*
warten, abwarten

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/wagte-vs-wait