wässrig
[ˈvɛsʁɪç]
The verdict
“wässrig” is uncommon German (frequency #79,964 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,964
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - viel Wasser enthaltend; mit einem hohen Wasseranteil
Corpus desk
Index DE-wassrig · wässrig · German
wässrig · rank #79,964 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,964
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wärmenden
Nearest frequency peer: wärmenden (-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 „wässrig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- wohlan
wohlan
20,042 corpus weight
- Wohnrecht
Wohnrecht
20,040 corpus weight
- wärmenden
wärmenden
20,038 corpus weight
- wässrig
wässrig
20,037 corpus weight
- Wörterbüche…
Wörterbüchern
20,036 corpus weight
- wünschenswe…
wünschenswerte
20,035 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „wässrig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wässrig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvɛsʁɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,964 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wässrig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wässrig is uncommon German at frequency #79,964 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvɛsʁɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for wässrig in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 wässrig, spelled W-Ä-S-S-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1viel Wasser enthaltend; mit einem hohen Wasseranteil
- 2wie Wasser
- 3ohne oder mit wenig Geschmack; nicht aromatisch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wässrig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Da die Infektion durch eine blutsaugende Mücke der Gattung Anopheles erfolgt, tritt die Krankheit vorwiegend in tropischen Regionen auf, wo sich diese Mücken in wässrigen Medien vermehren können.
In vier Fällen konnte bereits eine EHEC-Infektion bestätigt werden. Als häufiges Symptom der Infektionskrankheit tritt wässriger Durchfall auf.
Synonyms
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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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