Wendekreis
[ˈvɛndəˌkʁaɪ̯s]
The verdict
“Wendekreis” is uncommon German (frequency #83,514 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,514
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Breitenkreis auf der Nord- beziehungsweise auf der Südhalbkugel, über dem die Sonne gerade noch im Zenit stehen kann
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wendekreis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛndəˌkʁaɪ̯s] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #83,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wendekreis” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Wendekreis is uncommon German at frequency #83,514 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛndəˌkʁaɪ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Wendekreis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wendekreis, spelled W-E-N-D-E-K-R-E-I-S.
Definition
- 1Breitenkreis auf der Nord- beziehungsweise auf der Südhalbkugel, über dem die Sonne gerade noch im Zenit stehen kann
- 2Kreis, der mindestens benötigt wird, um mit einem Kraftwagen bei vollem Lenkeinschlag zu wenden
- 3kreisförmiger Wendeplatz
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); 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 “Wendekreis”
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- The one correct German spelling is W-E-N-D-E-K-R-E-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.