wagemutig
[ˈvaːɡəˌmuːtɪç]
The verdict
“wagemutig” is uncommon German (frequency #96,489 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,489
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bereit, für eine als wertvoll angesehene Aufgabe Risiken einzugehen und Gefahren auf sich zu nehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wagemutig · wagemutig · German
wagemutig · rank #96,489 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,489
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wagenheber
Nearest frequency peer: Wagenheber (+1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „wagemutig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Vortäuschung
Vortäuschung
3,516 corpus weight
- vorzusorgen
vorzusorgen
3,515 corpus weight
- votieren
votieren
3,514 corpus weight
- wagemutig
wagemutig
3,512 corpus weight
- Wagenheber
Wagenheber
3,511 corpus weight
- Waldenser
Waldenser
3,508 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „wagemutig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wagemutig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvaːɡəˌmuːtɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wagemutig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wagemutig is uncommon German at frequency #96,489 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvaːɡəˌmuːtɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bereit, für eine als wertvoll angesehene Aufgabe Risiken einzugehen und Gefahren auf sich zu nehmen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wagemutig, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is wagemutig, spelled W-A-G-E-M-U-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1bereit, für eine als wertvoll angesehene Aufgabe Risiken einzugehen und Gefahren auf sich zu nehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wagemutig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Schließlich wird auch der wagemutigste und versierteste Kletterer zur Umkehr und Rückkehr in die Tiefe gezwungen, die er verlassen hat.“
„Die Herzen bebten über die Kühnheit des jungen, schönen, wagemutigen Paares.“
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This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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