wegweisenden

[ˈveːkˌvaɪ̯zn̩dən]

/[ˈveːkˌvaɪ̯zn̩dən]/ adj

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The verdict

“wegweisenden” is uncommon German (frequency #63,937 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,937
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wegweisend

Corpus desk

Index DE-wegweisenden · wegweisenden · German

wegweisenden · rank #63,937 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,937
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wasserschloss

Nearest frequency peer: Wasserschloss (-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 „wegweisenden“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „wegweisenden“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wegweisenden
PropertyValue
Headwordwegweisenden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈveːkˌvaɪ̯zn̩dən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#63,937
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wegweisenden“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.wegweisendenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Wasserschloss“ (#63,936), „Wasserflaschen“ (#63,935), „Weinlese“ (#63,939). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wegweisenden“ bei #63,937. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wegweisenden is uncommon German at frequency #63,937 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈveːkˌvaɪ̯zn̩dən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wegweisenden, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 wegweisenden, spelled W-E-G-W-E-I-S-E-N-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wegweisend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wegweisend
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wegweisend
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wegweisend
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wegweisend
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wegweisend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wegweisend
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wegweisend
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wegweisend
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wegweisend
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wegweisend
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wegweisend

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wegweisenden"?
"wegweisenden" is spelled W-E-G-W-E-I-S-E-N-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈveːkˌvaɪ̯zn̩dən].
What does "wegweisenden" mean?
As an adjective, "wegweisenden" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wegweisend
How do you pronounce "wegweisenden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wegweisenden" is [ˈveːkˌvaɪ̯zn̩dən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wegweisenden" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wegweisenden", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list