Wasen
[ˈvaːzn̩]
The verdict
“Wasen” is uncommon German (frequency #62,083 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,083
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grasnarbe
Corpus desk
Index DE-wasen · Wasen · German
Wasen · rank #62,083 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,083
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Waltrop
Nearest frequency peer: Waltrop (-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 „Wasen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Waldenburg
Waldenburg
37,921 corpus weight
- Walpurgisna…
Walpurgisnacht
37,920 corpus weight
- Waltrop
Waltrop
37,919 corpus weight
- Wasen
Wasen
37,918 corpus weight
- Wassergraben
Wassergraben
37,917 corpus weight
- Webcams
Webcams
37,916 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wasen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wasen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaːzn̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,083 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wasen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wasen is uncommon German at frequency #62,083 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaːzn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Wasen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Wasen, spelled W-A-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Grasnarbe
- 2Dampf^([2])
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wasen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenn es ein Grasboden ist, wird zuerst nur der Wasen abgestochen, und einzeln auf die Seite gebracht.“
„Gegen Bleichsucht wird empfohlen, in einer grasreichen Wiese einen Wasen auszustechen, in das Loch den Urin zu lassen und den Wasen umgekehrt wieder einzustampfen.“
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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