Welfe
[ˈvɛlfə]
The verdict
“Welfe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angehöriger eines bedeutsamen, fränkischen Adelsgeschlechts
Corpus desk
Index DE-welfe · Welfe · German
Welfe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Welfe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛlfə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Welfe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Welfe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛlfə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Angehöriger eines bedeutsamen, fränkischen Adelsgeschlechts".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Welfe, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Welfe, spelled W-E-L-F-E.
Definition
- 1Angehöriger eines bedeutsamen, fränkischen Adelsgeschlechts
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Welfe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Konflikt des neuen Königs mit dem Welfen Heinrich gen. der Stolze, dem das sächsische Herzogtum genommen wurde, brachte Albrecht an das von ihm und seiner Mutter höchst erwünschte Ziel, indem er nun die Belehnung mit dem Herzogtum empfing.“
„Der Welfe wurde vor den Reichstag zitiert, unter Reichsacht gestellt und verlor die Herzogtümer Sachsen und Bayern.“
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.