talwärts

[ˈtaːlvɛʁt͡s]

/[ˈtaːlvɛʁt͡s]/ adv

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The verdict

“talwärts” is uncommon German (frequency #77,398 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,398
frequency rank, German
35,386
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vom Berg hinab, in Richtung Tal

Key facts for talwärts
PropertyValue
Headwordtalwärts
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[ˈtaːlvɛʁt͡s]
Letters8
Frequency rank#77,398
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “talwärts” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). talwärts lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

talwärts is uncommon German at frequency #77,398 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈtaːlvɛʁt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vom Berg hinab, in Richtung Tal".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for talwärts, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is talwärts, spelled T-A-L-W-Ä-R-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    vom Berg hinab, in Richtung Tal

Synonyms

bergab

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 "talwärts"?
"talwärts" is spelled T-A-L-W-Ä-R-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtaːlvɛʁt͡s].
What does "talwärts" mean?
As an adverb, "talwärts" means: vom Berg hinab, in Richtung Tal
How do you pronounce "talwärts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "talwärts" is [ˈtaːlvɛʁt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "talwärts" come from?
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Using “talwärts”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is T-A-L-W-Ä-R-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈtaːlvɛʁt͡s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list