wirkend
[ˈvɪʁkn̩t]
The verdict
“wirkend” is uncommon German (frequency #86,063 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,063
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens des Verbs wirken
Corpus desk
Index DE-wirkend · wirkend · German
wirkend · rank #86,063 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,063
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Windhund
Nearest frequency peer: Windhund (-2 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 „wirkend“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Windhund
Windhund
13,940 corpus weight
- wirkend
wirkend
13,938 corpus weight
- Wirtschafts…
Wirtschaftssystems
13,936 corpus weight
- witterte
witterte
13,935 corpus weight
- Wochenmitte
Wochenmitte
13,934 corpus weight
- Wohnorte
Wohnorte
13,933 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „wirkend“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wirkend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɪʁkn̩t] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,063 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wirkend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wirkend is uncommon German at frequency #86,063 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɪʁkn̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens des Verbs wirken".
wirkend has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is wirkend, spelled W-I-R-K-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens des Verbs wirken
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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