Wälzer
[ˈvɛlt͡sɐ]
The verdict
“Wälzer” is uncommon German (frequency #97,985 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,985
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (sehr) dickes Buch
Corpus desk
Index DE-walzer · Wälzer · German
Wälzer · rank #97,985 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,985
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wärmebehandlu…
Nearest frequency peer: Wärmebehandlung (+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 „Wälzer“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wurstsalat
Wurstsalat
2,019 corpus weight
- wuschig
wuschig
2,018 corpus weight
- Wälzer
Wälzer
2,016 corpus weight
- Wärmebehand…
Wärmebehandlung
2,015 corpus weight
- würdigten
würdigten
2,013 corpus weight
- zaghaften
zaghaften
2,012 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wälzer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wälzer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛlt͡sɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,985 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wälzer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wälzer is uncommon German at frequency #97,985 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛlt͡sɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(sehr) dickes Buch".
No misspelling variants are generated for Wälzer in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Wälzer, spelled W-Ä-L-Z-E-R.
Definition
- 1(sehr) dickes Buch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wälzer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das ist aber ein dicker Wälzer!
Zerstreut blätterte Aaro in Crane Brintons Werk "Ideologien und Menschen - Die Etappen westlichen Denkens." Es war ein ziemlicher Wälzer, mehr als sechshundert Seiten.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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