Wahlentscheidung
[ˈvaːlʔɛntˌʃaɪ̯dʊŋ]
The verdict
“Wahlentscheidung” is uncommon German (frequency #59,320 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,320
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entschluss, an einer Wahl teilzunehmen; Entschluss, eine Person oder eine Partei bei einer Abstimmung zu wählen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wahlentscheidung · Wahlentscheidung · German
Wahlentscheidung · rank #59,320 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,320
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wahlkarten
Nearest frequency peer: Wahlkarten (+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 „Wahlentscheidung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vorteilhafte
vorteilhafte
40,684 corpus weight
- Völkchen
Völkchen
40,683 corpus weight
- Wahlentsche…
Wahlentscheidung
40,681 corpus weight
- Wahlkarten
Wahlkarten
40,680 corpus weight
- Wahlkämpfe
Wahlkämpfe
40,679 corpus weight
- Wahllokalen
Wahllokalen
40,678 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wahlentscheidung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wahlentscheidung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaːlʔɛntˌʃaɪ̯dʊŋ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #59,320 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wahlentscheidung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wahlentscheidung is uncommon German at frequency #59,320 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaːlʔɛntˌʃaɪ̯dʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entschluss, an einer Wahl teilzunehmen; Entschluss, eine Person oder eine Partei bei einer Abstimmung zu wählen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Wahlentscheidung, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Wahlentscheidung, spelled W-A-H-L-E-N-T-S-C-H-E-I-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Entschluss, an einer Wahl teilzunehmen; Entschluss, eine Person oder eine Partei bei einer Abstimmung zu wählen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Wahlentscheidung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine Wahlentscheidung habe ich aber noch nicht getroffen.“
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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