Wiedergeburt
[ˈviːdɐɡəˌbuːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“Wiedergeburt” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #22,217 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,217
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Anfang eines neuen Lebens ein und desselben Individuums nach dem Tod als ein anderes Lebewesen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wiedergeburt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈviːdɐɡəˌbuːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #22,217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wiedergeburt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Wiedergeburt is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈviːdɐɡəˌbuːɐ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,217 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wiedergeburt, with forms such as "iwedergeburt", "weidergeburt", and "wideergeburt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wiedergeburt, spelled W-I-E-D-E-R-G-E-B-U-R-T.
Definition
- 1der Anfang eines neuen Lebens ein und desselben Individuums nach dem Tod als ein anderes Lebewesen
- 2erneute Popularität oder Verwendung eines Systems, einer Sache oder Idee
- 3Eintritt in einen spirituellen/religiösen Zustand des Daseins durch einen Akt göttlicher Gnade/Berufung, als Gegensatz zum vorhergehenden Lebensabschnitt
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iwedergeburt,weidergeburt,wideergeburt,wieddergeburt,wiedegreburt,wiederegburt,wiedergbeurt,wiedergebburt,wiedergebrut,wiedergeburrt,wiedergeburtt,wiedergebutr,wiedergeubrt,wiederggeburt,wiederrgeburt,wiedregeburt,wieedrgeburt,wwiedergeburt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wiedergeburt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Wiedergeburt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-I-E-D-E-R-G-E-B-U-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈviːdɐɡəˌbuːɐ̯t] (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.