widerstreben
[viːdɐˈʃtʁeːbn̩]
The verdict
“widerstreben” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Ablehnung/Widerstand spüren, etwas zu tun, weil dies der inneren Überzeugung, den eigenen Wertmaßstäben oder Zielen widerspricht
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | widerstreben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [viːdɐˈʃtʁeːbn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “widerstreben” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for widerstreben is 12 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [viːdɐˈʃtʁeːbn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
widerstreben has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 widerstreben, spelled W-I-D-E-R-S-T-R-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Ablehnung/Widerstand spüren, etwas zu tun, weil dies der inneren Überzeugung, den eigenen Wertmaßstäben oder Zielen widerspricht
- 2sich nicht fügen wollen, sich widersetzen
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.
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Using “widerstreben”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-I-D-E-R-S-T-R-E-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [viːdɐˈʃtʁeːbn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.