Wengen
[ˈvɛŋən]
The verdict
“Wengen” is uncommon German (frequency #74,177 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,177
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dorf im Kanton Bern, Schweiz, Austragungsort des Ski-Lauberhornrennens
Corpus desk
Index DE-wengen · Wengen · German
Wengen · rank #74,177 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,177
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH welter
Nearest frequency peer: welter (-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 „Wengen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- weitergebil…
weitergebildet
25,827 corpus weight
- weiterleitet
weiterleitet
25,826 corpus weight
- welter
welter
25,825 corpus weight
- Wengen
Wengen
25,824 corpus weight
- Werbepartner
Werbepartner
25,822 corpus weight
- Wermut
Wermut
25,821 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wengen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wengen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛŋən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wengen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wengen is uncommon German at frequency #74,177 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈvɛŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Wengen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Wengen, spelled W-E-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dorf im Kanton Bern, Schweiz, Austragungsort des Ski-Lauberhornrennens
- 2italienische Gemeinde in Trentino-Südtirol, Italien
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wengen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Marco Odermatt bleibt in der Abfahrt von Wengen unantastbar.
In Wengen befindet sich eine Grundschule für die ladinische Sprachgruppe, die dem Schulsprengel der Nachbargemeinde Abtei angeschlossen ist.
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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