Weidegänger
[ˈvaɪ̯dəˌɡɛŋɐ]
The verdict
“Weidegänger” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tier, das sich hauptsächlich von Laubblättern (meist Gräsern) oder Algen ernährt (die Art zu fressen wird grasen, äsen oder beweiden genannt)
Corpus desk
Index DE-weideganger · Weidegänger · German
Weidegänger · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Weidegänger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯dəˌɡɛŋɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Weidegänger“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Weidegänger is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaɪ̯dəˌɡɛŋɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tier, das sich hauptsächlich von Laubblättern (meist Gräsern) oder Algen ernährt (die Art zu fressen wird grasen, äsen oder beweiden genannt)".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Weidegänger in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Weidegänger, spelled W-E-I-D-E-G-Ä-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tier, das sich hauptsächlich von Laubblättern (meist Gräsern) oder Algen ernährt (die Art zu fressen wird grasen, äsen oder beweiden genannt)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Weidegänger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Neben den größeren Weidegängern gibt es die mikrophagen, zum Beispiel Wasserschnecken, die Algen abweiden.
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.