Salzwüste
[ˈzalt͡sˌvyːstə]
The verdict
“Salzwüste” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gebiet eines ausgetrockneten Salzsees, in dem aufgrund des hohen Salzanteils im Boden kaum pflanzliches Leben gedeiht
Corpus desk
Index DE-salzwuste · Salzwüste · German
Salzwüste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | Salzwüste |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzalt͡sˌvyːstə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Salzwüste“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Salzwüste is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzalt͡sˌvyːstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gebiet eines ausgetrockneten Salzsees, in dem aufgrund des hohen Salzanteils im Boden kaum pflanzliches Leben gedeiht".
Salzwüste has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Salzwüste, spelled S-A-L-Z-W-Ü-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Gebiet eines ausgetrockneten Salzsees, in dem aufgrund des hohen Salzanteils im Boden kaum pflanzliches Leben gedeiht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Salzwüste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Buch Hiob wird die Salzwüste aber auch zum Refugium für jene, die dem lärmigen Treiben der Welt ihren Abschied gegeben haben, die sich befreit haben von dem, was sie zuvor beengte: …“
Synonyms
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.