waten
[ˈvaːtn̩]
The verdict
“waten” is uncommon German (frequency #79,927 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,927
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Wasser oder auf nachgebendem Untergrund langsam gehen, wobei die Beine bei jedem Schritt nacheinander angehoben werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-waten · waten · German
waten · rank #79,927 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,927
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wasserschlauch
Nearest frequency peer: Wasserschlauch (-2 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 „waten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wappentier
Wappentier
20,078 corpus weight
- Wasserfläch…
Wasserflächen
20,077 corpus weight
- Wasserschla…
Wasserschlauch
20,076 corpus weight
- waten
waten
20,074 corpus weight
- wegzuräumen
wegzuräumen
20,072 corpus weight
- wehrhaften
wehrhaften
20,071 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „waten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | waten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvaːtn̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,927 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „waten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
waten is uncommon German at frequency #79,927 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvaːtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "im Wasser oder auf nachgebendem Untergrund langsam gehen, wobei die Beine bei jedem Schritt nacheinander angehoben werden".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for waten, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is waten, spelled W-A-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1im Wasser oder auf nachgebendem Untergrund langsam gehen, wobei die Beine bei jedem Schritt nacheinander angehoben werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how waten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Huett watet in Gummistiefeln durch den tiefen Matsch eines Reisfeldes.
…; und während sie herumlärmen und übereinanderstolpern, wie sie es immer machen, schleichen wir uns in den Bach, der hinter dem Hause läuft, und waten in ihm fort, bis wir der Hintertür gegenüber kommen.
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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