Wanze
[ˈvant͡sə]
The verdict
“Wanze” is uncommon German (frequency #63,000 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,000
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Unterordnung der Insekten innerhalb der Schnabelkerfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wanze · Wanze · German
Wanze · rank #63,000 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,000
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wandmalerei
Nearest frequency peer: Wandmalerei (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Wanze”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Waldhausen
Waldhausen
37,004 corpus weight
- wandelten
wandelten
37,003 corpus weight
- Wandmalerei
Wandmalerei
37,002 corpus weight
- Wanze
Wanze
37,001 corpus weight
- Warnhinweise
Warnhinweise
37,000 corpus weight
- Wasserwerfe…
Wasserwerfern
36,998 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Wanze” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wanze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvant͡sə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,000 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Wanze” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Wanze is uncommon German at frequency #63,000 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvant͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Wanze in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Wanze, spelled W-A-N-Z-E.
Definition
- 1eine Unterordnung der Insekten innerhalb der Schnabelkerfen
- 2kleines Abhörmikrofon, oft von Spionen verwendet
- 3für einen lästigen, schmarotzenden Menschen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wanze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schon wieder eine dieser grünen Wanzen, die so stinken!
„Ich habe mein Lebtag noch nicht so viele Wanzen gesehen.“
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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