WAP
[veːʔaːˈpeː]
The verdict
“WAP” is uncommon German (frequency #63,932 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,932
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verfahren, das es erlaubt, mit Mobiltelefonen Informationen im Internet aufzurufen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wap · WAP · German
WAP · rank #63,932 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,932
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wandgemälde
Nearest frequency peer: Wandgemälde (-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 „WAP“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- walken
walken
36,072 corpus weight
- Wandertag
Wandertag
36,071 corpus weight
- Wandgemälde
Wandgemälde
36,070 corpus weight
- WAP
WAP
36,069 corpus weight
- Warenhäuser
Warenhäuser
36,068 corpus weight
- Warnsignal
Warnsignal
36,067 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „WAP“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | WAP |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [veːʔaːˈpeː] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #63,932 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „WAP“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
WAP is uncommon German at frequency #63,932 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [veːʔaːˈpeː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verfahren, das es erlaubt, mit Mobiltelefonen Informationen im Internet aufzurufen".
WAP has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is WAP, spelled W-A-P.
Definition
- 1Verfahren, das es erlaubt, mit Mobiltelefonen Informationen im Internet aufzurufen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how WAP appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Angesichts der horrenden Investitionen für die dritte Mobilfunkgeneration hoffen vor allem die Netzbetreiber, mit derlei Diensten ihre Kunden begeistern zu können. Sie geben auf der Basis der beiden Vorläufertechnologien WAP oder GPRS bereits einen Vorgeschmack auf die neue Service-Welt.“
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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