wider Erwarten
[ˈviːdɐ ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtn̩]
The verdict
“wider Erwarten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - anders als vermutet, entgegen aller Voraussagen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wider-erwarten · wider Erwarten · German
wider Erwarten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | wider Erwarten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈviːdɐ ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wider Erwarten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wider Erwarten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈviːdɐ ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "anders als vermutet, entgegen aller Voraussagen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wider Erwarten, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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. The correct German form is wider Erwarten, spelled W-I-D-E-R- -E-R-W-A-R-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1anders als vermutet, entgegen aller Voraussagen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wider Erwarten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sara bestand das Abitur wider Erwarten ausgezeichnet und will jetzt Medizin studieren.
„Der Sklave Edmond Albius zerdrückte aus Wut mit den Fingern sämtliche Vanilleblüten auf der Plantage seines Herrn. Wider Erwarten wuchsen Schoten aus den Schlingpflanzen, die ertragreicher als in anderen Ländern waren.“
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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.