Wildtier
[ˈvɪltˌtiːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Wildtier” is uncommon German (frequency #84,795 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,795
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein in freier Natur lebendes, nicht an den Menschen gewöhntes Tier
Corpus desk
Index DE-wildtier · Wildtier · German
Wildtier · rank #84,795 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,795
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wieczorek
Nearest frequency peer: Wieczorek (-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 „Wildtier“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wessi
Wessi
15,210 corpus weight
- Westfale
Westfale
15,209 corpus weight
- Wettkampfes
Wettkampfes
15,208 corpus weight
- Wieczorek
Wieczorek
15,207 corpus weight
- Wildtier
Wildtier
15,206 corpus weight
- Winnipeg
Winnipeg
15,203 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wildtier“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wildtier |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪltˌtiːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wildtier“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wildtier is uncommon German at frequency #84,795 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪltˌtiːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein in freier Natur lebendes, nicht an den Menschen gewöhntes Tier".
Wildtier has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Wildtier, spelled W-I-L-D-T-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1ein in freier Natur lebendes, nicht an den Menschen gewöhntes Tier
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wildtier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie wollten diesen Sommer eine Safari in Afrika machen, um dort den Wildtieren nahe zu kommen.
„Der Zaun, der sich durch ganz Nordnamibia und im Osten entlang der Grenze zu Botswana zog, schränkte die Bewegungsfreiheit der Wildtiere und der infizierten Rinder ein, sodass sie nicht weiter nach Süden ins Landesinnere ziehen konnten.“
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); 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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