wiedergewinnen
[ˈviːdɐɡəˌvɪnən]
The verdict
“wiedergewinnen” 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 zurückerhalten/zurückerobern, was man verloren hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-wiedergewinnen · wiedergewinnen · German
wiedergewinnen · 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 | wiedergewinnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈviːdɐɡəˌvɪnən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wiedergewinnen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wiedergewinnen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈviːdɐɡəˌvɪnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for wiedergewinnen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is wiedergewinnen, spelled W-I-E-D-E-R-G-E-W-I-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas zurückerhalten/zurückerobern, was man verloren hat
- 2brauchbare Stoffe aus Altmaterial herausholen
- 3im Glücksspiel/Spiel Verlorenes durch neue Einsätze, die Gewinn abwerfen, gutmachen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wiedergewinnen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich bin völlig neben mir, lass mich erst mal meine Fassung wiedergewinnen, dann sehen wir weiter.
Aus dem alten PC lassen sich viele Einsatzmaterialien wiedergewinnen.
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.