wiedergutmachen
[ˌviːdɐˈɡuːtˌmaxn̩]
The verdict
“wiedergutmachen” is uncommon German (frequency #97,969 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,969
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem entstandenen Nachteil oder Schaden nachträglich ausgleichen/beheben
Corpus desk
Index DE-wiedergutmachen · wiedergutmachen · German
wiedergutmachen · rank #97,969 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,969
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wilk
Nearest frequency peer: wilk (+1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „wiedergutmachen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- widersprüch…
widersprüchliches
2,035 corpus weight
- widrigenfal…
widrigenfalls
2,034 corpus weight
- wiedergutma…
wiedergutmachen
2,032 corpus weight
- wilk
wilk
2,031 corpus weight
- windstill
windstill
2,030 corpus weight
- Wirtschafts…
Wirtschaftsform
2,029 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „wiedergutmachen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wiedergutmachen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌviːdɐˈɡuːtˌmaxn̩] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #97,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wiedergutmachen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wiedergutmachen is uncommon German at frequency #97,969 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌviːdɐˈɡuːtˌmaxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemandem entstandenen Nachteil oder Schaden nachträglich ausgleichen/beheben".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wiedergutmachen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is wiedergutmachen, spelled W-I-E-D-E-R-G-U-T-M-A-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem entstandenen Nachteil oder Schaden nachträglich ausgleichen/beheben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how wiedergutmachen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„‚Ich habe versucht, zumindest den materiellen Schaden so gut es geht und so schnell wie möglich wiedergutzumachen‘, sagte er.“
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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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