wintern

[ˈvɪntɐn]

/[ˈvɪntɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“wintern” is uncommon German (frequency #50,203 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,203
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Winter werden, allmählich in den Winter übergehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-wintern · wintern · German

wintern · rank #50,203 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,203
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wildtieren

Nearest frequency peer: Wildtieren (-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 „wintern“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „wintern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wintern
PropertyValue
Headwordwintern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈvɪntɐn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,203
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wintern“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.winternfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Wildtieren“ (#50,202), „Witzfigur“ (#50,205), „wertschätzen“ (#50,200). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wintern“ bei #50,203. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wintern is uncommon German at frequency #50,203 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɪntɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Winter werden, allmählich in den Winter übergehen".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wintern, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 wintern, spelled W-I-N-T-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Winter werden, allmählich in den Winter übergehen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how wintern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Obwohl es noch nicht einmal Dezember war, winterte es bereits.

Antonyms

herbstensommern

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 "wintern"?
"wintern" is spelled W-I-N-T-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɪntɐn].
What does "wintern" mean?
As a verb, "wintern" means: Winter werden, allmählich in den Winter übergehen
How do you pronounce "wintern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wintern" is [ˈvɪntɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wintern" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wintern", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Yachten#50,208wehrten#50,194Zetteln#50,214Weberei#50,189

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list