Waldgeist
[ˈvaltˌɡaɪ̯st]
The verdict
“Waldgeist” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Wald lebender Geist
Corpus desk
Index DE-waldgeist · Waldgeist · German
Waldgeist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Waldgeist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaltˌɡaɪ̯st] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Waldgeist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Waldgeist is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaltˌɡaɪ̯st]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "im Wald lebender Geist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Waldgeist, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Waldgeist, spelled W-A-L-D-G-E-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1im Wald lebender Geist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Waldgeist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ihre Augen kamen mir manchmal wie die Augen eines dämonischen Waldgeistes oder einer Tiergöttin vor, so unermesslich alt, dass sie nicht ganz menschlich sein konnten.“
„In diesem schwachen Licht war nur der ungefähre Umriss des Mannes sichtbar: Er sah dünn und zerbrechlich wie ein Waldgeist aus.“
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.