Wandersmann
[ˈvandɐsman]
The verdict
“Wandersmann” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - veraltet: Mann auf Wanderschaft
Corpus desk
Index DE-wandersmann · Wandersmann · German
Wandersmann · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Wandersmann |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvandɐsman] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wandersmann“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wandersmann is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvandɐsman]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Wandersmann in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Wandersmann, spelled W-A-N-D-E-R-S-M-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1veraltet: Mann auf Wanderschaft
- 2scherzhaft: Mann auf einer Wanderung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wandersmann appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf, du junger Wandersmann / Jetzo kommt die Zeit heran / Die Wanderzeit, die bringt uns Freud'. - (Volkslied)
„Da erwies es sich, daß der Mann keine Almosen wünschte, sondern ein Wandersmann unterwegs nach Skálholt war, der ein Anliegen in einer wichtigen Sache an die Herrin von Braedratunga hatte und bat, auszurichten, daß sie ihn erkennen würde, so sie ihn vorlassen wollte.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.