Waldkauz
[ˈvaltˌkaʊ̯t͡s]
The verdict
“Waldkauz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine in Europa häufig vorkommende Eule aus der Gattung der Käuze
Corpus desk
Index DE-waldkauz · Waldkauz · German
Waldkauz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Waldkauz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaltˌkaʊ̯t͡s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Waldkauz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Waldkauz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaltˌkaʊ̯t͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine in Europa häufig vorkommende Eule aus der Gattung der Käuze".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Waldkauz in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Waldkauz, spelled W-A-L-D-K-A-U-Z.
Definition
- 1eine in Europa häufig vorkommende Eule aus der Gattung der Käuze
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Waldkauz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Waldkauz erreicht eine Körperlänge von 40 bis 42 Zentimetern und wiegt zwischen 330 und 630 Gramm.“
Synonyms
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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.