Wanderheuschrecke
[ˈvandɐˌhɔɪ̯ʃʁɛkə]
The verdict
“Wanderheuschrecke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine von gewissen Arten aus der Familie der Feldheuschrecken
Corpus desk
Index DE-wanderheuschrecke · Wanderheuschrecke · German
Wanderheuschrecke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Wanderheuschrecke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvandɐˌhɔɪ̯ʃʁɛkə] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wanderheuschrecke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wanderheuschrecke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvandɐˌhɔɪ̯ʃʁɛkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine von gewissen Arten aus der Familie der Feldheuschrecken".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Wanderheuschrecke, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Wanderheuschrecke, spelled W-A-N-D-E-R-H-E-U-S-C-H-R-E-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1eine von gewissen Arten aus der Familie der Feldheuschrecken
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Wanderheuschrecke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Anfang 2020 gab es in Kenia eine schlimme Plage von Wanderheuschrecken.
This word in other languages
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