Wagehals
[ˈvaːɡəˌhals]
The verdict
“Wagehals” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - menschliches Wesen, welches sich durch seine besonders stark ausgeprägte Kühnheit auszeichnet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wagehals |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaːɡəˌhals] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wagehals” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Wagehals is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaːɡəˌhals]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "menschliches Wesen, welches sich durch seine besonders stark ausgeprägte Kühnheit auszeichnet".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Wagehals in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Wagehals, spelled W-A-G-E-H-A-L-S.
Definition
- 1menschliches Wesen, welches sich durch seine besonders stark ausgeprägte Kühnheit auszeichnet
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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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Using “Wagehals”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-A-G-E-H-A-L-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvaːɡəˌhals] (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.