Wächterin
[ˈvɛçtəʁɪn]
The verdict
“Wächterin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die etwas oder jemanden bewacht
Corpus desk
Index DE-wachterin · Wächterin · German
Wächterin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | Wächterin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛçtəʁɪn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wächterin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wächterin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛçtəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die etwas oder jemanden bewacht".
Wächterin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Wächterin, spelled W-Ä-C-H-T-E-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die etwas oder jemanden bewacht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Wächterin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vielmehr habe sich zumindest das Wachpersonal äußerst korrekt verhalten, bis auf einen Mann und eine Wächterin, die beide offenbar aus Prinzip die französischen Häftlinge schikanierten.“
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.