weiteten
[ˈvaɪ̯tətn̩]
The verdict
“weiteten” is uncommon German (frequency #76,384 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,384
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs weiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-weiteten · weiteten · German
weiteten · rank #76,384 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,384
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Weihnachtsfei…
Nearest frequency peer: Weihnachtsfeiern (-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 „weiteten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wasserhaush…
Wasserhaushalt
23,621 corpus weight
- wegzugehen
wegzugehen
23,619 corpus weight
- Weihnachtsf…
Weihnachtsfeiern
23,618 corpus weight
- weiteten
weiteten
23,617 corpus weight
- Weltlage
Weltlage
23,615 corpus weight
- wendest
wendest
23,613 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „weiteten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weiteten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯tətn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,384 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „weiteten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
weiteten is uncommon German at frequency #76,384 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvaɪ̯tətn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for weiteten in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 weiteten, spelled W-E-I-T-E-T-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs weiten
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs weiten
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs weiten
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs weiten
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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