Wässerchen
[ˈvɛsɐçən]
The verdict
“Wässerchen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleines Wasser, kleines (fließendes) Gewässer
Corpus desk
Index DE-wasserchen · Wässerchen · German
Wässerchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wässerchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛsɐçən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wässerchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wässerchen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛsɐçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Wässerchen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wässerchen, spelled W-Ä-S-S-E-R-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1kleines Wasser, kleines (fließendes) Gewässer
- 2(oft hochprozentiges) alkoholisches Getränk, meist aus vergorenen Fruchtzubereitungen destilliert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wässerchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Löcknitz ist eines jener vielen Wässerchen in unserer Mark, die plötzlich aus einem Luch oder See tretend, auf eine kurze Strecke hin einen Parkstreifen durch unser Sand- und Heideland ziehn.“
„Er präzisierte die Kunst des Schnapsbrennens, etwa das perfekte Abtrennen von Vor- und Nachlauf (‚Fusel-Öl‘), um jene Wässerchen zu erzeugen, mit denen sich ‚das Göschle mit Obst-Aromen tapezieren‘ lässt.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.