wiederkäuen
[ˈviːdɐˌkɔɪ̯ən]
The verdict
“wiederkäuen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die zuvor in den Magen (einen der Mägen) beförderte Nahrung zurück ins Maul aufstoßen, um sie nochmals zu kauen und so verwertbar zu machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wiederkauen · wiederkäuen · German
wiederkäuen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | wiederkäuen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈviːdɐˌkɔɪ̯ən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wiederkäuen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wiederkäuen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈviːdɐˌkɔɪ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wiederkäuen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is wiederkäuen, spelled W-I-E-D-E-R-K-Ä-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1die zuvor in den Magen (einen der Mägen) beförderte Nahrung zurück ins Maul aufstoßen, um sie nochmals zu kauen und so verwertbar zu machen
- 2ständig etwas unbeeindruckt und unreflektiert wieder und wieder erwähnen, behaupten oder diskutieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wiederkäuen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kuh legte sich in den Schatten der Eschen und käute wieder.
Wenn du andauernd die selben Lügen wiederkäust, kommen wir hier nicht weiter.
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.