wallfahren
[ˈvalˌfaːʁən]
The verdict
“wallfahren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Wallfahrt machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wallfahren · wallfahren · German
wallfahren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | wallfahren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvalˌfaːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wallfahren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wallfahren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvalˌfaːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Wallfahrt machen".
wallfahren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 wallfahren, spelled W-A-L-L-F-A-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Wallfahrt machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wallfahren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er [Graf Eberhard von Berg] wallfahrte nach Rom an das Grab der Aposteln Petrus und Paulus und anschließend nach Santiago de Compostela zum Grab des Apostel Jakobus.“
„Die Völker erkennen, daß der Gott Israels der einzige, wahre Gott ist, sie wallfahren zum Zion und werden gerade so zu Zeugen dieser Partikularität.“
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.