Wahnvorstellung
[ˈvaːnfoːɐ̯ˌʃtɛlʊŋ]
The verdict
“Wahnvorstellung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - krankhafte, wahnwitzige, nicht realisierbare Annahme
Corpus desk
Index DE-wahnvorstellung · Wahnvorstellung · German
Wahnvorstellung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | Wahnvorstellung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaːnfoːɐ̯ˌʃtɛlʊŋ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wahnvorstellung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wahnvorstellung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaːnfoːɐ̯ˌʃtɛlʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "krankhafte, wahnwitzige, nicht realisierbare Annahme".
Wahnvorstellung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Wahnvorstellung, spelled W-A-H-N-V-O-R-S-T-E-L-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1krankhafte, wahnwitzige, nicht realisierbare Annahme
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wahnvorstellung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Anheizen der Wut auf die Juden war in Hitlers Wahnvorstellungen eines der besten Verfahren, um den Zerfall des feindlichen Bündnisses zu beschleunigen.“
„Das Misstrauen des Komponisten gegenüber den Ärzten wuchs sich zu Wahnvorstellungen aus.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.