Wildfang
[ˈvɪltˌfaŋ]
The verdict
“Wildfang” 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) - das Mutterschwein
Corpus desk
Index DE-wildfang · Wildfang · German
Wildfang · 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 | Wildfang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪltˌfaŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wildfang“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wildfang is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪltˌfaŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Wildfang in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 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 Wildfang, spelled W-I-L-D-F-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1das Mutterschwein
- 2Bezeichnung für ein eingefangenes Wildtier
- 3Bezeichnung für ein lebhaftes, ausgelassenes Kind (früher insbesondere für Mädchen verwendet)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wildfang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gisela ist ein richtiger Wildfang.
„Sie war etwa neunzehn, ein Wildfang mit dicken Ringellocken, voll Vitalität.“
Synonyms
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.