Urwort
[ˈuːɐ̯ˌvɔʁt]
The verdict
“Urwort” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - einfaches, nicht abgeleitetes Wort; sehr altes, ursprüngliches Wort, aus dem heraus sich spätere Formen entwickelt haben
Corpus desk
Index DE-urwort · Urwort · German
Urwort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | Urwort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈuːɐ̯ˌvɔʁt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Urwort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Urwort is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈuːɐ̯ˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Urwort, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Urwort, spelled U-R-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1einfaches, nicht abgeleitetes Wort; sehr altes, ursprüngliches Wort, aus dem heraus sich spätere Formen entwickelt haben
- 2Wort, das einen Aspekt der Weltanschauung repräsentiert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Urwort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Danach zerfallen alle »Namen«, das heißt die Wörter der Sprachen überhaupt, in Urwörter und abgeleitete Wörter.“
„Die Frage nach den allerersten Wörtern (Urworten) wird in der Sprachgeschichte durchaus gestellt, und auch für einige Sprachgruppen, etwa die indogermanischen Sprachen, versuchsweise beantwortet.“
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.