Wasserweg
[ˈvasɐˌveːk]
The verdict
“Wasserweg” is uncommon German (frequency #88,503 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,503
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gewässer, das als Verkehrsweg genutzt werden kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-wasserweg · Wasserweg · German
Wasserweg · rank #88,503 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,503
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wasserschutzp…
Nearest frequency peer: Wasserschutzpolizei (-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 „Wasserweg“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wassereis
Wassereis
11,500 corpus weight
- Wasserschut…
Wasserschutzpolizei
11,499 corpus weight
- Wasserweg
Wasserweg
11,498 corpus weight
- Watzmann
Watzmann
11,497 corpus weight
- Wechselbalg
Wechselbalg
11,496 corpus weight
- wegbrechen
wegbrechen
11,495 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wasserweg“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wasserweg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvasɐˌveːk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,503 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wasserweg“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wasserweg is uncommon German at frequency #88,503 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvasɐˌveːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Wasserweg in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wasserweg, spelled W-A-S-S-E-R-W-E-G.
Definition
- 1Gewässer, das als Verkehrsweg genutzt werden kann
- 2Transportweg auf dem Wasser
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wasserweg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schiffbare Flüsse und Kanäle sind Wasserwege.
„Ein halbwegs bequemer und gerader Wasserweg ist der Rhein freilich nicht immer gewesen.“
Synonyms
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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