Fatwa
[ˈfatva]
The verdict
“Fatwa” is uncommon German (frequency #79,143 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,143
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nebenform von Fetwa
Corpus desk
Index DE-fatwa · Fatwa · German
Fatwa · rank #79,143 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,143
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH fare
Nearest frequency peer: fare (-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 „Fatwa“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Farbpalette
Farbpalette
20,861 corpus weight
- fare
fare
20,859 corpus weight
- Fatwa
Fatwa
20,858 corpus weight
- feinstem
feinstem
20,856 corpus weight
- Feldforschu…
Feldforschung
20,855 corpus weight
- Feldstärke
Feldstärke
20,854 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fatwa“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fatwa |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfatva] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fatwa“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fatwa is uncommon German at frequency #79,143 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfatva]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nebenform von Fetwa".
Zero misspellings are on record for Fatwa in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Fatwa, spelled F-A-T-W-A.
Definition
- 1Nebenform von Fetwa
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fatwa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Parlament verurteilt die anhaltenden Menschenrechtsverletzungen in Iran und fordert das Regime auf, die internationalen Menschenrechtsnormen zu achten. Erneut verurteilt es in aller Form das Fatwa gegen Salman Rushdie.“
„Um der zunehmenden Islamophobie entgegenzuwirken, gab das theologische Seminar Dar ul-Ulum (Haus des Wissens) in Deoband im Februar 2008 eine Fatwa heraus, die Terrorismus verurteilt […] Und Ende Mai organisierte es in Delhi eine Konferenz, bei der Vertreter aller wichtigen muslimischen Organisationen die Fatwa unterzeichneten.“
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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