geflügeltes Wort

[ɡəˌflyːɡəltəs ˈvɔʁt]

/[ɡəˌflyːɡəltəs ˈvɔʁt]/ phrase

The verdict

“geflügeltes Wort” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Phraseologismus/Zitat, dessen Herkunft nach Autor und/oder Text bekannt ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-geflugeltes-wort · geflügeltes Wort · German

geflügeltes Wort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" 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.

Key facts for geflügeltes Wort
PropertyValue
Headwordgeflügeltes Wort
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ɡəˌflyːɡəltəs ˈvɔʁt]
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „geflügeltes Wort“ im Deutschen

geflügeltes Wortschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geflügeltes Wort is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ɡəˌflyːɡəltəs ˈvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Phraseologismus/Zitat, dessen Herkunft nach Autor und/oder Text bekannt ist".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for geflügeltes Wort, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is geflügeltes Wort, spelled G-E-F-L-Ü-G-E-L-T-E-S- -W-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Phraseologismus/Zitat, dessen Herkunft nach Autor und/oder Text bekannt ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how geflügeltes Wort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Erst Walter Robert-Tornow hat geflügelte Worte als Fachausdruck eingeführt: ‚Ein geflügeltes Wort ist ein in weiteren Kreisen des Vaterlandes dauernd angeführter Ausspruch, Ausdruck oder Name, gleichviel welcher Sprache, dessen historischer Urheber oder dessen literarischer Ursprung nachweisbar ist‘ (nach GEORG BÜCHMANN (1929), Geflügelte Worte, Berlin,…
  2. Ein bekanntes geflügeltes Wort von Wilhelm Busch: „Rotwein ist für alte Knaben eine von den besten Gaben.“ (Aus: Tobias Knopp.)

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "geflügeltes Wort"?
"geflügeltes Wort" is spelled G-E-F-L-Ü-G-E-L-T-E-S- -W-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˌflyːɡəltəs ˈvɔʁt].
What does "geflügeltes Wort" mean?
As a phrase, "geflügeltes Wort" means: Phraseologismus/Zitat, dessen Herkunft nach Autor und/oder Text bekannt ist
How do you pronounce "geflügeltes Wort"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geflügeltes Wort" is [ɡəˌflyːɡəltəs ˈvɔʁt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geflügeltes Wort" come from?
"geflügeltes Wort" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list