wie bitte
[ˈviːbɪtə]
The verdict
“wie bitte” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - höfliche Nachfrage bei (vermeintlichen) Unklarheiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-wie-bitte · wie bitte · German
wie bitte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | wie bitte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈviːbɪtə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wie bitte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wie bitte is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [ˈviːbɪtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "höfliche Nachfrage bei (vermeintlichen) Unklarheiten".
Zero misspellings are on record for wie bitte in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is wie bitte, spelled W-I-E- -B-I-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1höfliche Nachfrage bei (vermeintlichen) Unklarheiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how wie bitte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wie bitte? Habe ich richtig verstanden?
This word in other languages
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