Widerstandskraft

[ˈviːdɐʃtant͡sˌkʁaft]

/[ˈviːdɐʃtant͡sˌkʁaft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Widerstandskraft” is uncommon German (frequency #65,887 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,887
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft, sich bedrohlichen Verhältnissen wehren, entgegensetzen zu können

Corpus desk

Index DE-widerstandskraft · Widerstandskraft · German

Widerstandskraft · rank #65,887 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,887
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Werkzeugkasten

Nearest frequency peer: Werkzeugkasten (-2 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Widerstandskraft“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Widerstandskraft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Widerstandskraft
PropertyValue
HeadwordWiderstandskraft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈviːdɐʃtant͡sˌkʁaft]
Letters16
Frequency rank#65,887
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Widerstandskraft“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Widerstandskraftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Werkzeugkasten“ (#65,885), „Werbetrommel“ (#65,884), „wirbelte“ (#65,890). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Widerstandskraft“ bei #65,887. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Widerstandskraft is uncommon German at frequency #65,887 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈviːdɐʃtant͡sˌkʁaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft, sich bedrohlichen Verhältnissen wehren, entgegensetzen zu können".

Widerstandskraft doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Widerstandskraft, spelled W-I-D-E-R-S-T-A-N-D-S-K-R-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Eigenschaft, sich bedrohlichen Verhältnissen wehren, entgegensetzen zu können

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Widerstandskraft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Dabei hängt die Widerstandskraft der Menschen gerade in Zeiten der Krise von der Verlässlichkeit ihrer sozialen Beziehungen ab.“
  2. „Das eigentlich Erstaunliche an Mangrovenwäldern sei nicht ihre Widerstandskraft, sondern ihre Fähigkeit, immer wieder neues Terrain zu erobern, schreibt der Meeresbiologe Daniel Alongi in der jüngsten Ausgabe von Estuarine Science.“

Synonyms

Widerstandsfähigkeit

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Widerstandskraft"?
"Widerstandskraft" is spelled W-I-D-E-R-S-T-A-N-D-S-K-R-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈviːdɐʃtant͡sˌkʁaft].
What does "Widerstandskraft" mean?
As a noun, "Widerstandskraft" means: Eigenschaft, sich bedrohlichen Verhältnissen wehren, entgegensetzen zu können
How do you pronounce "Widerstandskraft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Widerstandskraft" is [ˈviːdɐʃtant͡sˌkʁaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Widerstandskraft" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Widerstandskraft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list