widerhallen
[ˈviːdɐˌhalən]
The verdict
“widerhallen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - als Echo zurückkommen (hallend zu hören sein)
Corpus desk
Index DE-widerhallen · widerhallen · German
widerhallen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | widerhallen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈviːdɐˌhalən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „widerhallen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
widerhallen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈviːdɐˌhalən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for widerhallen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 widerhallen, spelled W-I-D-E-R-H-A-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1als Echo zurückkommen (hallend zu hören sein)
- 2vom zurückgeworfenen (hallenden) Klang einer Tonfolge, zum Beispiel von Musik oder einem Schrei, erfüllt sein
- 3als Echo zurückwerfen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how widerhallen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als sie durch die Talsohle marschierten, krachte ihnen ein Schuss um die Ohren. Carl warf sich sofort zu Boden. Helen suchte Schutz hinter einem Felsbrocken. Von den Felswänden hallte das Echo wider.“
„Er verfeuerte einen gesamten Patronengürtel von dreißig Schuss. Das ganze Tal hallte wider, und in Vari und Plagia kamen die Menschen verwundert aus den Häusern“
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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.