windige

[ˈvɪndɪɡə]

/[ˈvɪndɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“windige” is uncommon German (frequency #81,181 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,181
frequency rank, German
38,697
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs windig

Key facts for windige
PropertyValue
Headwordwindige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈvɪndɪɡə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,181
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “windige” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). windige lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

windige is uncommon German at frequency #81,181 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvɪndɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

windige has no tracked misspelling variants, 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is windige, spelled W-I-N-D-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs windig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs windig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs windig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs windig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs windig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs windig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs windig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs windig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs windig

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "windige"?
"windige" is spelled W-I-N-D-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɪndɪɡə].
What does "windige" mean?
As an adjective, "windige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs windig
How do you pronounce "windige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "windige" is [ˈvɪndɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "windige" come from?
"windige" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “windige”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is W-I-N-D-I-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈvɪndɪɡə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list