Weiße
[ˈvaɪ̯sə]
The verdict
“Weiße” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hellhäutige weibliche Person; Angehörige der weißen Rasse
Corpus desk
Index DE-wei-e · Weiße · German
Weiße · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | Weiße |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯sə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Weiße“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Weiße is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaɪ̯sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Weiße doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Weiße, spelled W-E-I-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1hellhäutige weibliche Person; Angehörige der weißen Rasse
- 2Weizenbier
- 3obergäriges, säuerliches Berliner Schankbier
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Weiße appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Doch heut' sieht man statt Braune nur noch Weiße (Rudi Carrell: „Wann wird es wieder richtig Sommer?“)
Bitte noch zwei Weiße!
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.