Wissensdurst
[ˈvɪsn̩sˌdʊʁst]
The verdict
“Wissensdurst” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verlangen, sich neues Wissen anzueignen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wissensdurst · Wissensdurst · German
Wissensdurst · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Wissensdurst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪsn̩sˌdʊʁst] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wissensdurst“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wissensdurst is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪsn̩sˌdʊʁst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verlangen, sich neues Wissen anzueignen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Wissensdurst, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wissensdurst, spelled W-I-S-S-E-N-S-D-U-R-S-T.
Definition
- 1Verlangen, sich neues Wissen anzueignen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wissensdurst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat großen Wissensdurst.
Vom Wissensdurst getrieben, las Gitta jedes Buch über Physik, das in der kleinen Stadtbibliothek zu leihen war.
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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.