Wasseraufnahme
[ˈvasɐˌʔaʊ̯fnaːmə]
The verdict
“Wasseraufnahme” is an uncommon German word, ranked #95,111 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #95,111
- frequency rank, German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vorgang, bei dem Wasser in etwas aufgenommen wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wasseraufnahme |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvasɐˌʔaʊ̯fnaːmə] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #95,111 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wasseraufnahme” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Wasseraufnahme is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvasɐˌʔaʊ̯fnaːmə]. Corpus data places it at rank #95,111 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Vorgang, bei dem Wasser in etwas aufgenommen wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Wasseraufnahme, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Wasseraufnahme, spelled W-A-S-S-E-R-A-U-F-N-A-H-M-E.
Definition
- 1Vorgang, bei dem Wasser in etwas aufgenommen wird
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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Using “Wasseraufnahme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-A-S-S-E-R-A-U-F-N-A-H-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvasɐˌʔaʊ̯fnaːmə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.