freier Wille
[ˈfʁaɪ̯ɐ ˈvɪlə]
The verdict
“freier Wille” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fähigkeit, eigenständig bewusste Entscheidungen zu treffen
Corpus desk
Index DE-freier-wille · freier Wille · German
freier Wille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | freier Wille |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈfʁaɪ̯ɐ ˈvɪlə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „freier Wille“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
freier Wille is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈfʁaɪ̯ɐ ˈvɪlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fähigkeit, eigenständig bewusste Entscheidungen zu treffen".
No misspelling variants are generated for freier Wille in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
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 freier Wille, spelled F-R-E-I-E-R- -W-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Fähigkeit, eigenständig bewusste Entscheidungen zu treffen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how freier Wille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich rede hier vom freien Willen. Haben wir den, oder diktiert und verordnet Gott uns tatsächlich alles, was wir tun, sagen und wollen?“
„C.W. Shumway beobachtete das Los Angeles Revival des Jahres 1906 und bemerkte sechs grundlegende Symptome: vollständiger Verlust der rationalen Kontrolle; ein Vorherrschen von Emotionen, die zur Hysterie führen; das Fehlen von Denken oder freiem Willen; unwillkürliche Funktion der Sprachorgane; Amnesie; und gelegentlich sporadische körperliche Manifestat…
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.