Weltruhm

[ˈvɛltˌʁuːm]

/[ˈvɛltˌʁuːm]/ noun

The verdict

“Weltruhm” is uncommon German (frequency #83,513 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,513
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weltweiter Ruhm

Corpus desk

Index DE-weltruhm · Weltruhm · German

Weltruhm · rank #83,513 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,513
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wendekreis

Nearest frequency peer: Wendekreis (+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 „Weltruhm“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Weltruhm“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Weltruhm
PropertyValue
HeadwordWeltruhm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvɛltˌʁuːm]
Letters8
Frequency rank#83,513
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Weltruhm“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Weltruhmfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Wendekreis“ (#83,514), „weiterverbreitet“ (#83,510), „Werdau“ (#83,516). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Weltruhm“ bei #83,513. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Weltruhm is uncommon German at frequency #83,513 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛltˌʁuːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weltweiter Ruhm".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Weltruhm in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Weltruhm, spelled W-E-L-T-R-U-H-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    weltweiter Ruhm

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Weltruhm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Nicht nur seelische Verarbeitung, nicht nur Abreaktion des bisherigen künstlerischen Mißerfolgs, nicht nur pragmatische Erzwingung einer literarischen Sensation, schon gar nicht pazifistisches Bekennertum haben den Roman und die künstlerische Verarbeitung des Kriegsthemas begründet, sondern all dies spielte mit, als Remarque begann, sich in den Weltruhm…
  2. „Er war bereit, seinen wissenschaftlichen Weltruhm für gute Zwecke einzusetzen.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Weltruhm"?
"Weltruhm" is spelled W-E-L-T-R-U-H-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛltˌʁuːm].
What does "Weltruhm" mean?
As a noun, "Weltruhm" means: weltweiter Ruhm
How do you pronounce "Weltruhm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Weltruhm" is [ˈvɛltˌʁuːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Weltruhm", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list