Wärmequelle
[ˈvɛʁməˌkvɛlə]
The verdict
“Wärmequelle” is uncommon German (frequency #92,486 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,486
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, das Wärme abgibt (beispielsweise ein Heizkörper, ein Kamin, die Sonne)
Corpus desk
Index DE-warmequelle · Wärmequelle · German
Wärmequelle · rank #92,486 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,486
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wählers
Nearest frequency peer: Wählers (-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 „Wärmequelle“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- wonders
wonders
7,519 corpus weight
- wortreich
wortreich
7,518 corpus weight
- wuchtiger
wuchtiger
7,517 corpus weight
- Wählers
Wählers
7,516 corpus weight
- Wärmequelle
Wärmequelle
7,515 corpus weight
- Xylophon
Xylophon
7,513 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wärmequelle“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wärmequelle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛʁməˌkvɛlə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #92,486 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wärmequelle“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wärmequelle is uncommon German at frequency #92,486 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛʁməˌkvɛlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas, das Wärme abgibt (beispielsweise ein Heizkörper, ein Kamin, die Sonne)".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Wärmequelle, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Wärmequelle, spelled W-Ä-R-M-E-Q-U-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1etwas, das Wärme abgibt (beispielsweise ein Heizkörper, ein Kamin, die Sonne)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wärmequelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bereits jetzt wird die Abwärme der Druckerei als Wärmequelle für die firmeneigene Heizung und das Schwimmbad des Ortes genutzt.“
„Eine weitere leistungsfähige Wärmequelle sind Rechenzentren.“
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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