wiedererlangen
[ˈviːdɐʔɛɐ̯ˌlaŋən]
The verdict
“wiedererlangen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, das man besaß, wieder in seinen Besitz bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wiedererlangen · wiedererlangen · German
wiedererlangen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | wiedererlangen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈviːdɐʔɛɐ̯ˌlaŋən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wiedererlangen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wiedererlangen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈviːdɐʔɛɐ̯ˌlaŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas, das man besaß, wieder in seinen Besitz bringen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wiedererlangen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is wiedererlangen, spelled W-I-E-D-E-R-E-R-L-A-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas, das man besaß, wieder in seinen Besitz bringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wiedererlangen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er schaffte es, sein Hab und Gut wiederzuerlangen.
Mit ihrer wiedererlangten Freiheit stieg auch ihr Selbstbewusstsein.
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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.