waffenfähig
[ˈvafn̩ˌfɛːɪç]
The verdict
“waffenfähig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur Verwendung als Waffe geeignet
Corpus desk
Index DE-waffenfahig · waffenfähig · German
waffenfähig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | waffenfähig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvafn̩ˌfɛːɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „waffenfähig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
waffenfähig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvafn̩ˌfɛːɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for waffenfähig in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 waffenfähig, spelled W-A-F-F-E-N-F-Ä-H-I-G.
Definition
- 1zur Verwendung als Waffe geeignet
- 2den Wehrdienst leisten könnend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how waffenfähig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Armee plant, in den kommenden Jahren eigene waffenfähige Drohnen anzuschaffen.“
„Für den Bau einer Atombombe ist nach Experteneinschätzung zwar 90-prozentiges Uran vonnöten, bei einem 20-prozentigen Anreicherungsgrad ist es allerdings nur noch ein kleiner Schritt hin zur Produktion von waffenfähigem Material.“
Synonyms
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.