Wildbach
[ˈvɪltˌbax]
The verdict
“Wildbach” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - frei fließender, nicht regulierter Bach
Corpus desk
Index DE-wildbach · Wildbach · German
Wildbach · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Wildbach |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪltˌbax] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wildbach“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wildbach is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪltˌbax]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "frei fließender, nicht regulierter Bach".
No misspelling variants are generated for Wildbach in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Wildbach, spelled W-I-L-D-B-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1frei fließender, nicht regulierter Bach
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Wildbach appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Mercy war immer noch 1,5 bis 2 m tief und 20 bis 25 m breit, zahlreiche Wildbäche ergossen sich von beiden Seiten in den Fluß.“
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.