weltbekannt
[ˈvɛltbəˌkant]
The verdict
“weltbekannt” is uncommon German (frequency #68,883 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,883
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf der ganzen Welt bekannt
Corpus desk
Index DE-weltbekannt · weltbekannt · German
weltbekannt · rank #68,883 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,883
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Weltstar
Nearest frequency peer: Weltstar (+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 „weltbekannt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Weinglas
Weinglas
31,123 corpus weight
- Weiterbau
Weiterbau
31,121 corpus weight
- weiterzugeh…
weiterzugehen
31,120 corpus weight
- weltbekannt
weltbekannt
31,118 corpus weight
- Weltstar
Weltstar
31,117 corpus weight
- widerspenst…
widerspenstigen
31,113 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „weltbekannt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weltbekannt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvɛltbəˌkant] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #68,883 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „weltbekannt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
weltbekannt is uncommon German at frequency #68,883 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvɛltbəˌkant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf der ganzen Welt bekannt".
weltbekannt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is weltbekannt, spelled W-E-L-T-B-E-K-A-N-N-T.
Definition
- 1auf der ganzen Welt bekannt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how weltbekannt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Heute verkörpern weltbekannte Kinostars in der Werbung für Produkte der Luxusklasse Glamour, Eleganz und gehobenen Lebensstil.“
„Culkin wurde weltbekannt durch seine Rolle als Kevin im Film „Kevin – Allein zu Haus“ von 1990.“
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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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