Wartesaal
[ˈvaʁtəˌzaːl]
The verdict
“Wartesaal” is uncommon German (frequency #82,328 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,328
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - größerer Raum in einem Bahnhof, Flughafen oder dergleichen, in dem Reisende auf ihre Weiterreise warten können
Corpus desk
Index DE-wartesaal · Wartesaal · German
Wartesaal · rank #82,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,328
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Warens
Nearest frequency peer: Warens (-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 „Wartesaal“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wahlfälschu…
Wahlfälschung
17,677 corpus weight
- walisischen
walisischen
17,676 corpus weight
- Warens
Warens
17,674 corpus weight
- Wartesaal
Wartesaal
17,673 corpus weight
- Wasserstoff…
Wasserstoffperoxid
17,672 corpus weight
- Wattens
Wattens
17,670 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wartesaal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wartesaal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaʁtəˌzaːl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wartesaal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wartesaal is uncommon German at frequency #82,328 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaʁtəˌzaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "größerer Raum in einem Bahnhof, Flughafen oder dergleichen, in dem Reisende auf ihre Weiterreise warten können".
Zero misspellings are on record for Wartesaal in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Wartesaal, spelled W-A-R-T-E-S-A-A-L.
Definition
- 1größerer Raum in einem Bahnhof, Flughafen oder dergleichen, in dem Reisende auf ihre Weiterreise warten können
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wartesaal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So vertrieb ich mir durch höchst angenehme Zauberkünste in diesem Wartesaal die Zeit, die wie im Fluge verfloß.“
„Schlump stieg aus und ging in den Wartesaal, der gestopft voll war von feldgrauen Soldaten.“
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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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