Feuerwanze
[ˈfɔɪ̯ɐˌvant͡sə]
The verdict
“Feuerwanze” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wanzenart mit häufig schwarzroter Färbung
Corpus desk
Index DE-feuerwanze · Feuerwanze · German
Feuerwanze · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Feuerwanze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔɪ̯ɐˌvant͡sə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Feuerwanze“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Feuerwanze is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔɪ̯ɐˌvant͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wanzenart mit häufig schwarzroter Färbung".
No misspelling variants are generated for Feuerwanze in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Feuerwanze, spelled F-E-U-E-R-W-A-N-Z-E.
Definition
- 1Wanzenart mit häufig schwarzroter Färbung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Feuerwanze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aber während ein GS-14 ein kleiner Potentat in Denver sein mochte, gibt es in Washington D.C. - wie es bedauerlicherweise in den meisten Städten mit einem Hauptquartier der Fall ist - einen Überschuss an hohen Offizieren, und GS-14er sind so zahlreich und alltäglich wie Feuerwanzen in Georgia.“
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.