Weiterung
[ˈvaɪ̯təʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Weiterung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unerwünschte, unangenehme Folge
Corpus desk
Index DE-weiterung · Weiterung · German
Weiterung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Weiterung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯təʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Weiterung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Weiterung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaɪ̯təʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unerwünschte, unangenehme Folge".
Weiterung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Weiterung, spelled W-E-I-T-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1unerwünschte, unangenehme Folge
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Weiterung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er drohte dem Gegner Weiterungen an.
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.