Wissensdurst
[ˈvɪsn̩sˌdʊʁst]
The verdict
“Wissensdurst” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verlangen, sich neues Wissen anzueignen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wissensdurst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪsn̩sˌdʊʁst] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wissensdurst” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Wissensdurst is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvɪsn̩sˌdʊʁst]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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.
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Using “Wissensdurst”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-I-S-S-E-N-S-D-U-R-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvɪsn̩sˌdʊʁst] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.