Weiterbau
[ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌbaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Weiterbau” is uncommon German (frequency #68,880 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,880
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Handlung, einen begonnenen Bau fortzuführen
Corpus desk
Index DE-weiterbau · Weiterbau · German
Weiterbau · rank #68,880 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,880
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH weiterzugehen
Nearest frequency peer: weiterzugehen (+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 „Weiterbau“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Weichteile
Weichteile
31,125 corpus weight
- weidlich
weidlich
31,124 corpus weight
- Weinglas
Weinglas
31,123 corpus weight
- Weiterbau
Weiterbau
31,121 corpus weight
- weiterzugeh…
weiterzugehen
31,120 corpus weight
- weltbekannt
weltbekannt
31,118 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Weiterbau“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Weiterbau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌbaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Weiterbau“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Weiterbau is uncommon German at frequency #68,880 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌbaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Handlung, einen begonnenen Bau fortzuführen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Weiterbau in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Weiterbau, spelled W-E-I-T-E-R-B-A-U.
Definition
- 1Handlung, einen begonnenen Bau fortzuführen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Weiterbau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Inspiration für seine Bemühungen lieh er sich von seinem Lehrmeister Schlegel, der den Weiterbau des Kölner Doms nachdrücklich gefordert hatte.“
Synonyms
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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