Willkürherrschaft
[ˈvɪlkyːɐ̯ˌhɛʁʃaft]
The verdict
“Willkürherrschaft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Herrschaft, die nur die Interessen des/der Herrschenden wahrnimmt, ohne Rücksicht auf Gesetze oder Menschenrechte
Corpus desk
Index DE-willkurherrschaft · Willkürherrschaft · German
Willkürherrschaft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Willkürherrschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪlkyːɐ̯ˌhɛʁʃaft] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Willkürherrschaft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Willkürherrschaft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪlkyːɐ̯ˌhɛʁʃaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Herrschaft, die nur die Interessen des/der Herrschenden wahrnimmt, ohne Rücksicht auf Gesetze oder Menschenrechte".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Willkürherrschaft, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Willkürherrschaft, spelled W-I-L-L-K-Ü-R-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Herrschaft, die nur die Interessen des/der Herrschenden wahrnimmt, ohne Rücksicht auf Gesetze oder Menschenrechte
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Willkürherrschaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Doch die Kommission tut ihm nicht den Gefallen: Sie sammelt von Hunderten Zeugen derart vernichtende Aussagen, dass Leopold die Willkürherrschaft im Kongo nicht mehr leugnen kann.“
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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.