Hauptwirkung
[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌvɪʁkʊŋ]
The verdict
“Hauptwirkung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - größter, ausschlaggebendster Effekt von etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-hauptwirkung · Hauptwirkung · German
Hauptwirkung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | Hauptwirkung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌvɪʁkʊŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hauptwirkung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hauptwirkung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌvɪʁkʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "größter, ausschlaggebendster Effekt von etwas".
Hauptwirkung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Hauptwirkung, spelled H-A-U-P-T-W-I-R-K-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1größter, ausschlaggebendster Effekt von etwas
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hauptwirkung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach den allgemeinen Grundsätzen der Mechanik läßt sich hieraus allein schon auf eine Verminderung des beabsichtigten Effektes schließen; denn wenn unbeabsichtigte Nebenwirkungen entstehen, so geht an der Hauptwirkung verloren.“
„Nebenwirkung[:] Hiermit werden alle weiteren Wirkungen neben der Hauptwirkung bezeichnet, die ein Medikament verursacht.“
Antonyms
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.