Wanderdüne
[ˈvandɐˌdyːnə]
The verdict
“Wanderdüne” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Düne, die von Winden getrieben ihre Position verlagert
Corpus desk
Index DE-wanderdune · Wanderdüne · German
Wanderdüne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Wanderdüne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvandɐˌdyːnə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wanderdüne“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wanderdüne is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvandɐˌdyːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Düne, die von Winden getrieben ihre Position verlagert".
Wanderdüne doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Wanderdüne, spelled W-A-N-D-E-R-D-Ü-N-E.
Definition
- 1Düne, die von Winden getrieben ihre Position verlagert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wanderdüne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf die Frage von Marcel, ob er jemals Wanderdünen gesehen habe, begann er, von seinen Abenteuern in der Wüste zu erzählen.“
„An anderen Stellen, in der Wüste, verschwindet sie unter dem Sand der Wanderdünen.“
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.