weitsichtig
[ˈvaɪ̯tˌzɪçtɪç]
The verdict
“weitsichtig” is uncommon German (frequency #78,749 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,749
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Sehfehler habend, der es erschwert, Dinge zu sehen, die nahe am Auge sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-weitsichtig · weitsichtig · German
weitsichtig · rank #78,749 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,749
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH weiterkämpfen
Nearest frequency peer: weiterkämpfen (-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 „weitsichtig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- 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 Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „weitsichtig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weitsichtig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯tˌzɪçtɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #78,749 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „weitsichtig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
weitsichtig is uncommon German at frequency #78,749 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvaɪ̯tˌzɪçtɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for weitsichtig, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is weitsichtig, spelled W-E-I-T-S-I-C-H-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1einen Sehfehler habend, der es erschwert, Dinge zu sehen, die nahe am Auge sind
- 2bei der Planung viele Aspekte berücksichtigend, die die Zukunft beeinflussen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how weitsichtig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oh, du trägst Brille. Bist du weitsichtig oder kurzsichtig?
Meine Augen haben nachgelassen, heute bin ich viel weitsichtiger als früher.
Antonyms
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).