Modewort
[ˈmoːdəˌvɔʁt]
The verdict
“Modewort” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wort, das zeitweise häufig gebraucht wird, also „in Mode“ ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-modewort · Modewort · German
Modewort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | Modewort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmoːdəˌvɔʁt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Modewort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Modewort is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmoːdəˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wort, das zeitweise häufig gebraucht wird, also „in Mode“ ist".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Modewort, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Modewort, spelled M-O-D-E-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Wort, das zeitweise häufig gebraucht wird, also „in Mode“ ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Modewort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mitunter werden Neologismen auch zu Modewörtern, d.h. Wörtern, die eine Zeit lang sehr häufig benutzt werden, um dann in den allgemeinen Wortschatz überzugehen oder zu verschwinden.“
Der Ausdruck Modewort bedeutet vor allem, dass es sich im fraglichen Fall um ein Wort handelt, von dem man glaubt, dass es über kurz oder lang wieder verschwinden wird.
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.