Fallwind
[ˈfalˌvɪnt]
The verdict
“Fallwind” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wind mit abwärts gerichteter Windströmung
Corpus desk
Index DE-fallwind · Fallwind · German
Fallwind · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | Fallwind |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfalˌvɪnt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fallwind“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fallwind is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfalˌvɪnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wind mit abwärts gerichteter Windströmung".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Fallwind, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Fallwind, spelled F-A-L-L-W-I-N-D.
Definition
- 1Wind mit abwärts gerichteter Windströmung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fallwind appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„20 bis 40 Besatzungsmitglieder waren sowohl in der Lage, die Boote in schützende Buchten bei starken Fallwinden oder bei Flauten zu rudern., als auch Landung oder Wasserung zu vollziehen.“
„Im gesamten Winterhalbjahr kann einen der launische Fallwind Bora erwischen, der mit über dreißig Metern pro Sekunde aus den Bergen im Nordosten weht.“
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.