dahinwelken
[daˈhɪnˌvɛlkn̩]
The verdict
“dahinwelken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vom blühenden in einen welken Zustand übergehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-dahinwelken · dahinwelken · German
dahinwelken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | dahinwelken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [daˈhɪnˌvɛlkn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dahinwelken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dahinwelken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [daˈhɪnˌvɛlkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dahinwelken, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is dahinwelken, spelled D-A-H-I-N-W-E-L-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1vom blühenden in einen welken Zustand übergehen
- 2allmählich die körperliche und geistige Kraft verlieren; allmählich Merkmale des Alters erkennen lassen
- 3allmählich außer Gebrauch kommen; von neueren Entwicklungen überholt werden; nicht länger Bestand haben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dahinwelken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In den langen Monaten der Trockenzeit hingegen fehlt es an Wasser, und die Felder welken dahin zu sahelischer Dürre.“
„Der Feuerbrand ist eine hochinfektiöse und schwer zu bekämpfende Bakterienerkrankung, die für Apfel- und Birnbäume tödlich ist. Er wurde bisher in 58 Gemeinden von Tirol nachgewiesen. Die befallenen Blätter und Blüten welken dahin und färben sich dunkelbraun bis schwarz.“
This word in other languages
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.