widerscheinen
[ˈviːdɐˌʃaɪ̯nən]
The verdict
“widerscheinen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von einer reflektierenden Fläche zurückspiegeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-widerscheinen · widerscheinen · German
widerscheinen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | widerscheinen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈviːdɐˌʃaɪ̯nən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „widerscheinen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
widerscheinen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈviːdɐˌʃaɪ̯nən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von einer reflektierenden Fläche zurückspiegeln".
No misspelling variants are generated for widerscheinen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 widerscheinen, spelled W-I-D-E-R-S-C-H-E-I-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1von einer reflektierenden Fläche zurückspiegeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how widerscheinen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Und auf diese Weise wird die Seele des Liebenden zu einem Spiegel, in dem das Abbild des Geliebten widerscheint.“
„Dieses große, weite Feld, im Lichte des menschlichen Blicks scheinend und glänzend, wartet nur auf die Hand des Künstlers, um in erneutem Schimmer und schwungvoller Bewegung unzählige Male widerzuscheinen.“
This word in other languages
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.