Wertminderung
[ˈveːɐ̯tˌmɪndəʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Wertminderung” is uncommon German (frequency #78,757 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,757
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verschlechterung der Qualität einer Sache durch Gebrauch, Beschädigung oder wirtschaftliche Aspekte
Corpus desk
Index DE-wertminderung · Wertminderung · German
Wertminderung · rank #78,757 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,757
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH whistle
Nearest frequency peer: whistle (+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 „Wertminderung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- weltlich
weltlich
21,248 corpus weight
- weltpolitis…
weltpolitischen
21,247 corpus weight
- Weltreich
Weltreich
21,246 corpus weight
- Wertminderu…
Wertminderung
21,244 corpus weight
- whistle
whistle
21,243 corpus weight
- wilhelminis…
wilhelminischen
21,240 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wertminderung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wertminderung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈveːɐ̯tˌmɪndəʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #78,757 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wertminderung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wertminderung is uncommon German at frequency #78,757 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈveːɐ̯tˌmɪndəʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verschlechterung der Qualität einer Sache durch Gebrauch, Beschädigung oder wirtschaftliche Aspekte".
Wertminderung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Wertminderung, spelled W-E-R-T-M-I-N-D-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Verschlechterung der Qualität einer Sache durch Gebrauch, Beschädigung oder wirtschaftliche Aspekte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wertminderung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Geht es um die Wertminderung eines Leasingfahrzeugs, muss zwischen merkantilem und technischem Minderwert differenziert werden.
Ein merkantiler Minderwert ist die Art von Wertminderung, die ein Fahrzeug im Vergleich zu anderen nicht durch einen Unfall beschädigten und nach besten Möglichkeiten reparierten Fahrzeugen aufweist.
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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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