um die Wette
[ʊm diː ˈvɛtə]
The verdict
“um die Wette” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in Wettbewerbsform, mit dem Ziel, den Besten zu ermitteln
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | um die Wette |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ʊm diː ˈvɛtə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “um die Wette” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
um die Wette is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ʊm diː ˈvɛtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in Wettbewerbsform, mit dem Ziel, den Besten zu ermitteln".
No misspelling variants are generated for um die Wette in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 um die Wette, spelled U-M- -D-I-E- -W-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1in Wettbewerbsform, mit dem Ziel, den Besten zu ermitteln
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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Using “um die Wette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-M- -D-I-E- -W-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʊm diː ˈvɛtə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.