Warteraum
[ˈvaʁtəˌʁaʊ̯m]
The verdict
“Warteraum” is uncommon German (frequency #65,871 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,871
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Raum, in dem man sich während einer Wartezeit aufhalten kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-warteraum · Warteraum · German
Warteraum · rank #65,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,871
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Warnweste
Nearest frequency peer: Warnweste (-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 „Warteraum“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wampe
Wampe
34,132 corpus weight
- Warnweste
Warnweste
34,131 corpus weight
- Warteraum
Warteraum
34,130 corpus weight
- Wasserbau
Wasserbau
34,129 corpus weight
- Wasserski
Wasserski
34,128 corpus weight
- wax
wax
34,127 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Warteraum“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Warteraum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaʁtəˌʁaʊ̯m] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Warteraum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Warteraum is uncommon German at frequency #65,871 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaʁtəˌʁaʊ̯m]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Raum, in dem man sich während einer Wartezeit aufhalten kann".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Warteraum, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Warteraum, spelled W-A-R-T-E-R-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1Raum, in dem man sich während einer Wartezeit aufhalten kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Warteraum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im nächsten Warteraum saßen ein hagerer Tuareg mit indigoblauem Tagelmoust, ein Schwarzer, der sich ständig über die rechte Fußsohle strich, und ein libanesischer Junge mit unruhigem Blick.“
„Die Pförtnerin winkt mich in einen kleinen Warteraum.“
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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