Totenwache
[ˈtoːtn̩ˌvaxə]
The verdict
“Totenwache” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Wache, die am Bett oder am Sarg eines Verstorbenen oder in einer Kapelle/Kirche für diesen gehalten wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Totenwache |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtoːtn̩ˌvaxə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Totenwache” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Totenwache is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtoːtn̩ˌvaxə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die Wache, die am Bett oder am Sarg eines Verstorbenen oder in einer Kapelle/Kirche für diesen gehalten wird".
No misspelling variants are generated for Totenwache in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Totenwache, spelled T-O-T-E-N-W-A-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1die Wache, die am Bett oder am Sarg eines Verstorbenen oder in einer Kapelle/Kirche für diesen gehalten wird
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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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-O-T-E-N-W-A-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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