Wesensmerkmal
[ˈveːzn̩sˌmɛʁkmaːl]
The verdict
“Wesensmerkmal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - charakteristische Eigenschaft
Corpus desk
Index DE-wesensmerkmal · Wesensmerkmal · German
Wesensmerkmal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wesensmerkmal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈveːzn̩sˌmɛʁkmaːl] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wesensmerkmal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wesensmerkmal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈveːzn̩sˌmɛʁkmaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "charakteristische Eigenschaft".
Zero misspellings are on record for Wesensmerkmal in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Wesensmerkmal, spelled W-E-S-E-N-S-M-E-R-K-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1charakteristische Eigenschaft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wesensmerkmal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Kritische Evaluation ist ein Wesensmerkmal ärztlichen Handelns“
„Internationalität ist ein Wesensmerkmal der Hochschulen und sie ist eine Wettbewerbsnotwendigkeit“
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.