wankelmütig
[ˈvaŋkəlˌmyːtɪç]
The verdict
“wankelmütig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - unentschlossen, unbeständig, unsicher in Gesinnung und Haltung
Corpus desk
Index DE-wankelmutig · wankelmütig · German
wankelmütig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | wankelmütig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvaŋkəlˌmyːtɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wankelmütig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wankelmütig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvaŋkəlˌmyːtɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unentschlossen, unbeständig, unsicher in Gesinnung und Haltung".
No generated misspelling entries exist for wankelmütig in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is wankelmütig, spelled W-A-N-K-E-L-M-Ü-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1unentschlossen, unbeständig, unsicher in Gesinnung und Haltung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wankelmütig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sein wankelmütiges Verhalten brachte ihm kein Vertrauen.
„Von wankelmütigen Herrschern beauftragt, von einer unzuverlässigen Mannschaft begleitet, begab er sich auf unabsehbare Zeit unter unvorhersehbaren Gefahren auf eine Reise jenseits der Grenzen der bekannten Welt, um auf unsicheren Wegen ein erhofftes Ziel zu erreichen.“
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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.