weither
[vaɪ̯tˈheːɐ̯]
The verdict
“weither” is uncommon German (frequency #91,136 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,136
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus großer Entfernung
Corpus desk
Index DE-weither · weither · German
weither · rank #91,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,136
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH weiterreden
Nearest frequency peer: weiterreden (-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 „weither“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Weihnachtsk…
Weihnachtskonzert
8,869 corpus weight
- Weinbauern
Weinbauern
8,868 corpus weight
- weiterreden
weiterreden
8,866 corpus weight
- weither
weither
8,865 corpus weight
- weiträumigen
weiträumigen
8,864 corpus weight
- Weltraumbah…
Weltraumbahnhof
8,861 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „weither“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weither |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [vaɪ̯tˈheːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,136 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „weither“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
weither is uncommon German at frequency #91,136 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [vaɪ̯tˈheːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus großer Entfernung".
No misspelling variants are generated for weither in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 weither, spelled W-E-I-T-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1aus großer Entfernung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how weither appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich schicke Dir diesen Brief von weither.
Viele Menschen kamen von weither, um den Palast zu besehen.
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); 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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