weiterkämpfen
[ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌkɛmp͡fn̩]
The verdict
“weiterkämpfen” is uncommon German (frequency #78,748 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,748
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (nach einer Unterbrechung) fortfahren, einen Kampf oder eine kriegerische Auseinandersetzung auszutragen
Corpus desk
Index DE-weiterkampfen · weiterkämpfen · German
weiterkämpfen · rank #78,748 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,748
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 38,697
- PHOTO-FINISH weiterbringt
Nearest frequency peer: weiterbringt (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “weiterkämpfen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- weiterbeste…
weiterbestehen
21,255 corpus weight
- weiterbringt
weiterbringt
21,254 corpus weight
- weiterkämpf…
weiterkämpfen
21,253 corpus weight
- weitsichtig
weitsichtig
21,252 corpus weight
- welk
welk
21,251 corpus weight
- welken
welken
21,250 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “weiterkämpfen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weiterkämpfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌkɛmp͡fn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #78,748 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “weiterkämpfen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
weiterkämpfen is uncommon German at frequency #78,748 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌkɛmp͡fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(nach einer Unterbrechung) fortfahren, einen Kampf oder eine kriegerische Auseinandersetzung auszutragen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for weiterkämpfen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is weiterkämpfen, spelled W-E-I-T-E-R-K-Ä-M-P-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1(nach einer Unterbrechung) fortfahren, einen Kampf oder eine kriegerische Auseinandersetzung auszutragen
Antonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "weiterkämpfen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.