Wegkreuz
[ˈveːkˌkʁɔɪ̯t͡s]
The verdict
“Wegkreuz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - am Weg stehendes kirchliches Kreuz
Corpus desk
Index DE-wegkreuz · Wegkreuz · German
Wegkreuz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Wegkreuz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈveːkˌkʁɔɪ̯t͡s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wegkreuz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wegkreuz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈveːkˌkʁɔɪ̯t͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "am Weg stehendes kirchliches Kreuz".
Zero misspellings are on record for Wegkreuz in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Wegkreuz, spelled W-E-G-K-R-E-U-Z.
Definition
- 1am Weg stehendes kirchliches Kreuz
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wegkreuz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„ Die entwicklungsgeschichtliche Untersuchung des Brauchtums hat sich zunächst mit der Frage zu befassen, welche Vorbedingungen im Volk so tiefgreifende Beziehungen zu den Wegkreuzen ermöglichten, daß ihre Setzung zum Volksbrauch wurde“
„Die Wegkreuze treten auf dem freien Feld an Wegrändern, Kreuzungen oder an exponierten Stellen wie Anhöhen auf; starke Verbreitung vor allem in katholischen Gegenden.“
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.