im Wesentlichen
[ɪm ˈveːzn̩tlɪçn̩]
The verdict
“im Wesentlichen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Großen und Ganzen, ohne Details zu berücksichtigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-im-wesentlichen · im Wesentlichen · German
im Wesentlichen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | im Wesentlichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ɪm ˈveːzn̩tlɪçn̩] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „im Wesentlichen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
im Wesentlichen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ɪm ˈveːzn̩tlɪçn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "im Großen und Ganzen, ohne Details zu berücksichtigen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for im Wesentlichen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is im Wesentlichen, spelled I-M- -W-E-S-E-N-T-L-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1im Großen und Ganzen, ohne Details zu berücksichtigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how im Wesentlichen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Damit ist das Problem im Wesentlichen gelöst.
„Die Geologie ist demnach eine beschreibend-erklärende, im wesentlichen jedoch eine historische Wissenschaft, die folgendermaßen gegliedert werden kann: 1) allgemeine oder dynamische Geologie […] 2) Tektonik […] 3) historische Geologie […] 4) Paläogeographie […] 5) Paläoklimatologie […].“
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.