Wassergehalt

[ˈvasɐɡəˌhalt]

/[ˈvasɐɡəˌhalt]/ noun

The verdict

“Wassergehalt” is uncommon German (frequency #69,884 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,884
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Menge oder der Anteil an Wasser in einem Ganzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-wassergehalt · Wassergehalt · German

Wassergehalt · rank #69,884 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,884
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wasserbehälter

Nearest frequency peer: Wasserbehälter (-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 „Wassergehalt“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wassergehalt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Wassergehalt
PropertyValue
HeadwordWassergehalt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvasɐɡəˌhalt]
Letters12
Frequency rank#69,884
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Wassergehalt“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Wassergehaltfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Wasserbehälter“ (#69,883), „Wassermengen“ (#69,885), „warmherzig“ (#69,882). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Wassergehalt“ bei #69,884. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Wassergehalt is uncommon German at frequency #69,884 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvasɐɡəˌhalt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Menge oder der Anteil an Wasser in einem Ganzen".

Wassergehalt has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Wassergehalt, spelled W-A-S-S-E-R-G-E-H-A-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Menge oder der Anteil an Wasser in einem Ganzen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Wassergehalt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der Wassergehalt des Menschen schwankt zwischen siebzig Prozent (stark Untergewichtige) und fünfundvierzig Prozent (stark Übergewichtige), macht also im Normalfall mehr als die Hälfte des Körpergewichts aus.“
  2. „Beim Nadelholz Fichte mit einem Wassergehalt von 15 Prozent beträgt der Heizwert 4,32 Kilowattstunden pro Kilogramm (kWh/kg), beim Laubholz Buche sind es 4,15 kWh/kg.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wassergehalt"?
"Wassergehalt" is spelled W-A-S-S-E-R-G-E-H-A-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvasɐɡəˌhalt].
What does "Wassergehalt" mean?
As a noun, "Wassergehalt" means: die Menge oder der Anteil an Wasser in einem Ganzen
How do you pronounce "Wassergehalt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wassergehalt" is [ˈvasɐɡəˌhalt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wassergehalt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Wassergehalt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list