Witzwort
[ˈvɪt͡sˌvɔʁt]
The verdict
“Witzwort” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Wort, mit dem die angesprochene Sache oder Person ins Witzige gezogen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-witzwort · Witzwort · German
Witzwort · 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 | Witzwort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪt͡sˌvɔʁt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Witzwort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Witzwort is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪt͡sˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Witzwort, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Witzwort, spelled W-I-T-Z-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Wort, mit dem die angesprochene Sache oder Person ins Witzige gezogen wird
- 2Ausspruch voller Witz
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Witzwort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bald wiederum ist das Schlagwort eine Augenblicksschöpfung, eine rednerische Entgleisung, ein Witzwort, ein Spitzname, eine kräftige Verwünschung, eine blendende Phrase, bald eine wohlausgesonnene Losung, ein zündendes Programmwort, eine Parteibezeichnung, ein origineller Titel, eine Herausforderung oder Versprechung.“
Ladendorf (1906) nennt „Bergfex“ und „Gewohnheitstier“ als Witzworte: „Bergfex, ein volkstümliches Witzwort zur Verspottung moderner (namentlich extravaganter) Touristen…“
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.