Druckwelle
[ˈdʁʊkˌvɛlə]
The verdict
“Druckwelle” is uncommon German (frequency #56,062 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,062
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich explosionsartig ausbreitende Luftkompression
Corpus desk
Index DE-druckwelle · Druckwelle · German
Druckwelle · rank #56,062 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,062
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dresscode
Nearest frequency peer: Dresscode (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Druckwelle“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Doppeldecker
Doppeldecker
43,942 corpus weight
- drangsaliert
drangsaliert
43,941 corpus weight
- Dresscode
Dresscode
43,940 corpus weight
- Druckwelle
Druckwelle
43,939 corpus weight
- duscht
duscht
43,936 corpus weight
- Dörner
Dörner
43,935 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Druckwelle“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Druckwelle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁʊkˌvɛlə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Druckwelle“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Druckwelle is uncommon German at frequency #56,062 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁʊkˌvɛlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich explosionsartig ausbreitende Luftkompression".
Druckwelle has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Druckwelle, spelled D-R-U-C-K-W-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1sich explosionsartig ausbreitende Luftkompression
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Druckwelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Am 5. April 1945 explodierte eine Bombe unmittelbar vor dem im Haus untergebrachten Café, wobei die Druckwelle und Splitter einen weit entfernten Wasserspeicher durchlöcherten und in den umliegenden Räumen weitere Beschädigungen verursachten.“
„Ein Wissenschaftler wies darauf hin, dass auf jeden Fall eine Druckwelle die Ursache sein müsse.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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