Windsurfen
[ˈvɪntˌsœːɐ̯fn̩]
The verdict
“Windsurfen” is uncommon German (frequency #57,576 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,576
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sport, bei der eine Person auf einem Surfbrett mit Segel durch den Wind angetrieben wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-windsurfen · Windsurfen · German
Windsurfen · rank #57,576 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,576
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wikimedia
Nearest frequency peer: Wikimedia (-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 „Windsurfen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- widert
widert
42,428 corpus weight
- wieweit
wieweit
42,427 corpus weight
- Wikimedia
Wikimedia
42,426 corpus weight
- Windsurfen
Windsurfen
42,425 corpus weight
- Winterdienst
Winterdienst
42,424 corpus weight
- Wirbeltiere
Wirbeltiere
42,423 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Windsurfen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Windsurfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪntˌsœːɐ̯fn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Windsurfen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Windsurfen is uncommon German at frequency #57,576 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪntˌsœːɐ̯fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sport, bei der eine Person auf einem Surfbrett mit Segel durch den Wind angetrieben wird".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Windsurfen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Windsurfen, spelled W-I-N-D-S-U-R-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1Sport, bei der eine Person auf einem Surfbrett mit Segel durch den Wind angetrieben wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Windsurfen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Tote war ein Urlauber namens James Borden, der tags zuvor beim Windsurfen vor der Küste bei Naples ertrunken war; ein Rechtsanwalt aus Chicago, aber körperlich gut in Form und im vollen Besitz seiner Vorhaut.“
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); 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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