Weitung
[ˈvaɪ̯tʊŋ]
The verdict
“Weitung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorgang des sich Ausdehnens oder Ausgedehntwerdens und Ergebnis dieses Vorgangs
Corpus desk
Index DE-weitung · Weitung · German
Weitung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Weitung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯tʊŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Weitung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Weitung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaɪ̯tʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vorgang des sich Ausdehnens oder Ausgedehntwerdens und Ergebnis dieses Vorgangs".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Weitung, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Weitung, spelled W-E-I-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Vorgang des sich Ausdehnens oder Ausgedehntwerdens und Ergebnis dieses Vorgangs
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Weitung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Blau wird zu einer Farbe der Entgrenzung, einer Weitung des Lebens, zu einem Inbegriff sich eröffnender Möglichkeiten.“
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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.