Weltuntergang
[ˈvɛltˌʊntɐɡaŋ]
The verdict
“Weltuntergang” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #24,572 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #24,572
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das auf natürliche, künstliche oder göttliche Weise herbeigeführte Ende der Menschheit, der Erde oder des Universums
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Weltuntergang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛltˌʊntɐɡaŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #24,572 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Weltuntergang” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Weltuntergang is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvɛltˌʊntɐɡaŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,572 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "das auf natürliche, künstliche oder göttliche Weise herbeigeführte Ende der Menschheit, der Erde oder des Universums".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for Weltuntergang, with forms such as "ewltuntergang", "welltuntergang", and "weltnutergang". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 Weltuntergang, spelled W-E-L-T-U-N-T-E-R-G-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1das auf natürliche, künstliche oder göttliche Weise herbeigeführte Ende der Menschheit, der Erde oder des Universums
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ewltuntergang,welltuntergang,weltnutergang,welttuntergang,weltunetrgang,weltunntergang,weltuntegrang,weltunteragng,weltuntergagn,weltuntergangg,weltunterganng,weltunterggang,weltuntergnag,weltunterrgang,weltuntregang,weltunttergang,weltutnergang,welutntergang,wetluntergang,wletuntergang,wweltuntergang
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Weltuntergang - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Weltuntergang”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-E-L-T-U-N-T-E-R-G-A-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvɛltˌʊntɐɡaŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.