Wermut

/[ˈveːɐ̯muːt]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#74,180

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Wermut is aGermannoun. It means: ein gelbblühender Beifuß (Absinth, Artemisia absinthium), dessen seidenhaarige, aromatisch unangenehm schmeckende Blätter magenstärkend wirken Pronounced [ˈveːɐ̯muːt].

Key facts for Wermut
PropertyValue
HeadwordWermut
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈveːɐ̯muːt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#74,180
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Wermut in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Wermut is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈveːɐ̯muːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #74,180 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Wermut in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Wermut, spelled W-E-R-M-U-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein gelbblühender Beifuß (Absinth, Artemisia absinthium), dessen seidenhaarige, aromatisch unangenehm schmeckende Blätter magenstärkend wirken
  2. 2
    aus 1 hergestellter Branntwein oder Likör
  3. 3
    mit 1 gewürzter bittersüßer, appetitanregender Weißwein
  4. 4
    eine der anderen Beifußarten

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #74,180 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wermut"?
"Wermut" is spelled W-E-R-M-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈveːɐ̯muːt].
What does "Wermut" mean?
As a noun, "Wermut" means: ein gelbblühender Beifuß (Absinth, Artemisia absinthium), dessen seidenhaarige, aromatisch unangenehm schmeckende Blätter magenstärkend wirken
How do you pronounce "Wermut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wermut" is [ˈveːɐ̯muːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wermut" come from?
"Wermut" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.