währende

[ˈvɛːʁəndə]

/[ˈvɛːʁəndə]/ adj

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The verdict

“währende” is uncommon German (frequency #51,851 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,851
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs während

Corpus desk

Index DE-wahrende · währende · German

währende · rank #51,851 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,851
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wyss

Nearest frequency peer: Wyss (-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 „währende“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „währende“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for währende
PropertyValue
Headwordwährende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈvɛːʁəndə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,851
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „währende“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).währendefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Wyss“ (#51,850), „würgt“ (#51,852), „wohlwollende“ (#51,849). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „währende“ bei #51,851. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

währende is uncommon German at frequency #51,851 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvɛːʁəndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

währende has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is währende, spelled W-Ä-H-R-E-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs während
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs während
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs während
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs während
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs während
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs während
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs während
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs während
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs während

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "währende"?
"währende" is spelled W-Ä-H-R-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛːʁəndə].
What does "währende" mean?
As an adjective, "währende" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs während
How do you pronounce "währende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "währende" is [ˈvɛːʁəndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "währende" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "währende", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ziegelei#51,859willigte#51,842Whistler#51,837Wahljahr#51,822

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list