wank

[vaŋk]

/[vaŋk]/ verb

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The verdict

“wank” is uncommon German (frequency #92,448 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,448
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wanken

Corpus desk

Index DE-wank · wank · German

wank · rank #92,448 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,448
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wahlmanipulat…

Nearest frequency peer: Wahlmanipulation (-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 „wank“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „wank“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wank
PropertyValue
Headwordwank
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[vaŋk]
Letters4
Frequency rank#92,448
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wank“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).wankfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Wahlmanipulation“ (#92,447), „Wartheland“ (#92,449), „Wahlerfolge“ (#92,446). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wank“ bei #92,448. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wank is uncommon German at frequency #92,448 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [vaŋk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wanken".

Zero misspellings are on record for wank in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 wank, spelled W-A-N-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wanken

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wank"?
"wank" is spelled W-A-N-K. The IPA pronunciation is [vaŋk].
What does "wank" mean?
As a verb, "wank" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wanken
How do you pronounce "wank"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wank" is [vaŋk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wank" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wank", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

yara#92,490uomo#92,373aide#92,552tear#92,298

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list