Westerwälder

[ˈvɛstɐˌvɛldɐ]

/[ˈvɛstɐˌvɛldɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Westerwälder” is uncommon German (frequency #93,839 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,839
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bewohner des Westerwaldes

Corpus desk

Index DE-westerwalder · Westerwälder · German

Westerwälder · rank #93,839 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,839
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH westafrikanis…

Nearest frequency peer: westafrikanische (-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 „Westerwälder“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Westerwälder“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Westerwälder
PropertyValue
HeadwordWesterwälder
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvɛstɐˌvɛldɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#93,839
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Westerwälder“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Westerwälderfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „westafrikanische“ (#93,838), „Werbefilme“ (#93,837), „wetterte“ (#93,841). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Westerwälder“ bei #93,839. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Westerwälder is uncommon German at frequency #93,839 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛstɐˌvɛldɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bewohner des Westerwaldes".

Westerwälder doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Westerwälder, spelled W-E-S-T-E-R-W-Ä-L-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bewohner des Westerwaldes

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Westerwälder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Geschichte geht den Wällern, den Leuten aus dem Westerwald, immer noch glatt ein, […] Ist es vielleicht nichts, wenn man hört, dass da einmal ein »Wäller Bou« (= Westerwälder Junge) war, der im zerschlissenen Wams die Kühe […] hütete und als »Melander von Holzapfel, Generalfeldmarschall des Deutschen Kaiser« starb? Und soll man da nicht stolz werden,…

Synonyms

Wäller

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Westerwälder"?
"Westerwälder" is spelled W-E-S-T-E-R-W-Ä-L-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛstɐˌvɛldɐ].
What does "Westerwälder" mean?
As a noun, "Westerwälder" means: Bewohner des Westerwaldes
How do you pronounce "Westerwälder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Westerwälder" is [ˈvɛstɐˌvɛldɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Westerwälder" come from?
"Westerwälder" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Westerwälder", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list