withdraw
[wɪðˈdɹɔː]
The verdict
“withdraw” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas (eine Aussage, ein Vertrag) wieder zurückziehen, von etwas zurücktreten
Corpus desk
Index DE-withdraw · withdraw · German
withdraw · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | withdraw |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [wɪðˈdɹɔː] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „withdraw“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
withdraw is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [wɪðˈdɹɔː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
withdraw has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is withdraw, spelled W-I-T-H-D-R-A-W.
Definition
- 1etwas (eine Aussage, ein Vertrag) wieder zurückziehen, von etwas zurücktreten
- 2Geld von einem Konto/Depot entfernen; abheben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how withdraw appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My son never withdrew his charge.
I have to withdraw some money from the bank for a new washing machine.
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.