wässern

[ˈvɛsɐn]

/[ˈvɛsɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“wässern” is uncommon German (frequency #65,902 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,902
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas mit reichlich Wasser versehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-wassern · wässern · German

wässern · rank #65,902 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,902
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wälle

Nearest frequency peer: Wälle (-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 „wässern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wässern
PropertyValue
Headwordwässern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈvɛsɐn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,902
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wässern“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).wässernfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Wälle“ (#65,901), „wähnte“ (#65,900), „Wunsches“ (#65,899). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wässern“ bei #65,902. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wässern is uncommon German at frequency #65,902 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛsɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

wässern doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is wässern, spelled W-Ä-S-S-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas mit reichlich Wasser versehen
  2. 2
    den Boden mit Wasser tränken, in der Regel um die Pflanzenernährung zu gewährleisten
  3. 3
    eine (klare) Flüssigkeit absondern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vor dem Gebrauch muss die Gelatine gewässert werden.
  2. Man sollte den Boden immer ausreichend wässern, damit die Pflanzen nicht welken.

Synonyms

auswässerneinwässernschwemmenbegießenbesprengenbespritzenbesprühenbewässerngießennetzen

Antonyms

trocknen

This word in other languages

water(English)bañar(Español)baigner(Français)aguar(Português)

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 "wässern"?
"wässern" is spelled W-Ä-S-S-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛsɐn].
What does "wässern" mean?
As a verb, "wässern" means: etwas mit reichlich Wasser versehen
How do you pronounce "wässern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wässern" is [ˈvɛsɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wässern" come from?
"wässern" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list