wiederentdecken
[ˈviːdɐʔɛntˌdɛkn̩]
The verdict
“wiederentdecken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vergessenes sich wieder bewusst machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wiederentdecken · wiederentdecken · German
wiederentdecken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | wiederentdecken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈviːdɐʔɛntˌdɛkn̩] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wiederentdecken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wiederentdecken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈviːdɐʔɛntˌdɛkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vergessenes sich wieder bewusst machen".
wiederentdecken has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is wiederentdecken, spelled W-I-E-D-E-R-E-N-T-D-E-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Vergessenes sich wieder bewusst machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wiederentdecken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach hunderten Jahren Dornröschenschlaf wurde diese antike Stadt wiederentdeckt.
„In einer Krypta der Kathedrale von Vilnius haben Forschende die lange verschollenen Insignien polnischer und litauischer Herrscher wiederentdeckt.“
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.