widerstreben
[viːdɐˈʃtʁeːbn̩]
The verdict
“widerstreben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Ablehnung/Widerstand spüren, etwas zu tun, weil dies der inneren Überzeugung, den eigenen Wertmaßstäben oder Zielen widerspricht
Corpus desk
Index DE-widerstreben · widerstreben · German
widerstreben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | widerstreben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [viːdɐˈʃtʁeːbn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „widerstreben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
widerstreben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [viːdɐˈʃtʁeːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how widerstreben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es widerstrebte mir, ihn auszufragen, aber ebenso widerstrebte es mir, überhaupt nichts zu sagen.“
„Zu diesem Verständnis von Doctrina passt dann auch die Botschaft, dass, was dieser Lehre widerstrebe, auch dem Heil der Menschen widerstrebe.“
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.