wasserfest
[ˈvasɐˌfɛst]
The verdict
“wasserfest” is uncommon German (frequency #57,557 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,557
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wasser nicht einwirken lassend, seiner Wirkung gegenüber beständig
Corpus desk
Index DE-wasserfest · wasserfest · German
wasserfest · rank #57,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,557
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wasserdichte
Nearest frequency peer: wasserdichte (-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 „wasserfest“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Warlords
Warlords
42,447 corpus weight
- Warteschlan…
Warteschlangen
42,446 corpus weight
- wasserdichte
wasserdichte
42,445 corpus weight
- wasserfest
wasserfest
42,444 corpus weight
- WEA
WEA
42,443 corpus weight
- Wechseljahre
Wechseljahre
42,442 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „wasserfest“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wasserfest |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvasɐˌfɛst] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wasserfest“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wasserfest is uncommon German at frequency #57,557 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvasɐˌfɛst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wasser nicht einwirken lassend, seiner Wirkung gegenüber beständig".
wasserfest has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is wasserfest, spelled W-A-S-S-E-R-F-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1Wasser nicht einwirken lassend, seiner Wirkung gegenüber beständig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wasserfest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Für die kommende Sommerfrische (Sommerurlaub) habe ich mir eine wasserfeste Sonnenmilch gekauft.
Tapeten müssen wasserfest sein, ansonsten bekommen sie schnell Blasen.
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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