Widerklage
[ˈviːdɐˌklaːɡə]
The verdict
“Widerklage” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gegenklage des Beklagten im gleichen Rechtsstreit, als (taktische) Antwort auf eine zuvor vom Kläger eingereichte Klage
Corpus desk
Index DE-widerklage · Widerklage · German
Widerklage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Widerklage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈviːdɐˌklaːɡə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Widerklage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Widerklage is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈviːdɐˌklaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gegenklage des Beklagten im gleichen Rechtsstreit, als (taktische) Antwort auf eine zuvor vom Kläger eingereichte Klage".
Widerklage has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Widerklage, spelled W-I-D-E-R-K-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Gegenklage des Beklagten im gleichen Rechtsstreit, als (taktische) Antwort auf eine zuvor vom Kläger eingereichte Klage
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Widerklage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Widerklage kann in der Form des §261 II erhoben werden, und zwar bis zum Schluss der letzten mündlichen Tatsachenverhandlung.“
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.