Spätwerk

[ˈʃpɛːtˌvɛʁk]

/[ˈʃpɛːtˌvɛʁk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Spätwerk” is uncommon German (frequency #61,946 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,946
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit der Werke, die ein Künstler, Literat oder Musiker in seiner späten Schaffensperiode hervorgebracht hat

Corpus desk

Index DE-spatwerk · Spätwerk · German

Spätwerk · rank #61,946 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,946
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sprengungen

Nearest frequency peer: Sprengungen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Spätwerk“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Spätwerk“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Spätwerk
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpätwerk
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpɛːtˌvɛʁk]
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,946
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Spätwerk“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Spätwerkfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sprengungen“ (#61,945), „staatlichem“ (#61,947), „Spielrunde“ (#61,944). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Spätwerk“ bei #61,946. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Spätwerk is uncommon German at frequency #61,946 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɛːtˌvɛʁk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Spätwerk in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 Spätwerk, spelled S-P-Ä-T-W-E-R-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesamtheit der Werke, die ein Künstler, Literat oder Musiker in seiner späten Schaffensperiode hervorgebracht hat
  2. 2
    einzelne Arbeit aus [1]

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „In diesem lebendigen Kosmos des organischen Wachstums erscheinen das aschene Schwarz und somit die mächtigen Linien in Klees Spätwerk zunächst als Auslöschung alles Vitalen.“

Synonyms

Alterswerk

Antonyms

Frühwerk

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Spätwerk"?
"Spätwerk" is spelled S-P-Ä-T-W-E-R-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɛːtˌvɛʁk].
What does "Spätwerk" mean?
As a noun, "Spätwerk" means: Gesamtheit der Werke, die ein Künstler, Literat oder Musiker in seiner späten Schaffensperiode hervorgebracht hat
How do you pronounce "Spätwerk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spätwerk" is [ˈʃpɛːtˌvɛʁk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spätwerk" come from?
"Spätwerk" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Spätwerk", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Spektren#61,942Stirling#61,959strebten#61,962strenges#61,965

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list