Wettspiel
[ˈvɛtˌʃpiːl]
The verdict
“Wettspiel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spiel, bei dem es um Konkurrenz und den Sieg über einen Gegner geht
Corpus desk
Index DE-wettspiel · Wettspiel · German
Wettspiel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Wettspiel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛtˌʃpiːl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Wettspiel” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Wettspiel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛtˌʃpiːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Wettspiel, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wettspiel, spelled W-E-T-T-S-P-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1Spiel, bei dem es um Konkurrenz und den Sieg über einen Gegner geht
- 2Glücksspiel, bei dem mit einem Einsatz auf eine Gewinnchance gesetzt wird
- 3Konkurrenzkampf um einen Vorteil gegenüber einem Gegenspieler
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wettspiel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dies war ein Spiel, bei dem es darauf ankam, unter den Stößen der Gegner unbeweglich zu bleiben; Pollux spricht nicht von Stößen, sondern nur von einem Wettspiel, bei dem man unbeweglich stehenbleiben muß.“
„Nun bleibt aber noch ein sehr ausgebreitetes Gebiet übrig, das in unserer modern-europäischen Terminologie in die Sphäre des Spiels fällt, […] nämlich das der Kampf- und Wettspiele.“
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.
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