thwart
[θwɔː(r)t]
The verdict
“thwart” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas (am Entstehen) behindern, entgegenwirken oder unmöglich machen; verhindern, vereiteln
Corpus desk
Index DE-thwart · thwart · German
thwart · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | thwart |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [θwɔː(r)t] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „thwart“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
thwart is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [θwɔː(r)t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas (am Entstehen) behindern, entgegenwirken oder unmöglich machen; verhindern, vereiteln".
No misspelling variants are generated for thwart in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is thwart, spelled T-H-W-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1etwas (am Entstehen) behindern, entgegenwirken oder unmöglich machen; verhindern, vereiteln
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how thwart appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Public demonstrations could thwart the government's plan to build a new railway station.
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.