Wigwam
[ˈvɪkvam]
The verdict
“Wigwam” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kuppelförmiges Zelt oder Hütte, die von nordamerikanischen Indianern als Behausung genutzt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-wigwam · Wigwam · German
Wigwam · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Wigwam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪkvam] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wigwam“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wigwam is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪkvam]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kuppelförmiges Zelt oder Hütte, die von nordamerikanischen Indianern als Behausung genutzt wird".
Wigwam has no tracked misspelling variants, 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Wigwam, spelled W-I-G-W-A-M.
Definition
- 1kuppelförmiges Zelt oder Hütte, die von nordamerikanischen Indianern als Behausung genutzt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wigwam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Fellwände waren kunstvoll mit Tiergestalten bemalt, augenscheinlich war dies der Wigwam eines Häuptlings.
„Das Fleisch wurde getrocknet und die Felle zu Kleidern, Werkzeug oder Unterlagen für die Wigwams verarbeitet.“
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.