Wipfelfeuer
[ˈvɪp͡fl̩ˌfɔɪ̯ɐ]
The verdict
“Wipfelfeuer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Feuer, bei dem Funken von den Baumwipfeln zu anderen überspringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wipfelfeuer · Wipfelfeuer · German
Wipfelfeuer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Wipfelfeuer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪp͡fl̩ˌfɔɪ̯ɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wipfelfeuer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wipfelfeuer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪp͡fl̩ˌfɔɪ̯ɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Feuer, bei dem Funken von den Baumwipfeln zu anderen überspringen".
Wipfelfeuer has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Wipfelfeuer, spelled W-I-P-F-E-L-F-E-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Feuer, bei dem Funken von den Baumwipfeln zu anderen überspringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Wipfelfeuer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Wipfelfeuer verbreitet sich unglaublich schnell.
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.