wasteland
[ˈweɪstlænd]
The verdict
“wasteland” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Fläche, die aufgrund einer Kombination von Einflüssen, keine oder nur wenig Vegetation ermöglicht; Ödnis, öde Landschaft, Ödland, Einöde, Brachland, Wüstenei
Corpus desk
Index DE-wasteland · wasteland · German
wasteland · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wasteland |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈweɪstlænd] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wasteland“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wasteland is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈweɪstlænd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
wasteland doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 wasteland, spelled W-A-S-T-E-L-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1eine Fläche, die aufgrund einer Kombination von Einflüssen, keine oder nur wenig Vegetation ermöglicht; Ödnis, öde Landschaft, Ödland, Einöde, Brachland, Wüstenei
- 2eine (ehemals) genutzte Fläche, die durch fehlende Nutzung verödet; Ödland
- 3ein Platz, ein Zeitpunkt oder eine Situation, die nichts Positives hervorbringt
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.