Wohlgefühl
[ˈvoːlɡəˌfyːl]
The verdict
“Wohlgefühl” is uncommon German (frequency #88,540 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,540
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zustand, dass jemand sich zufrieden/behaglich fühlt
Corpus desk
Index DE-wohlgefuhl · Wohlgefühl · German
Wohlgefühl · rank #88,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,540
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wochenlange
Nearest frequency peer: wochenlange (-1 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 „Wohlgefühl“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- witzigsten
witzigsten
11,464 corpus weight
- Wochenbett
Wochenbett
11,463 corpus weight
- wochenlange
wochenlange
11,462 corpus weight
- Wohlgefühl
Wohlgefühl
11,461 corpus weight
- wortkarg
wortkarg
11,459 corpus weight
- wrecking
wrecking
11,458 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wohlgefühl“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wohlgefühl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvoːlɡəˌfyːl] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,540 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wohlgefühl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wohlgefühl is uncommon German at frequency #88,540 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvoːlɡəˌfyːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zustand, dass jemand sich zufrieden/behaglich fühlt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Wohlgefühl in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 Wohlgefühl, spelled W-O-H-L-G-E-F-Ü-H-L.
Definition
- 1Zustand, dass jemand sich zufrieden/behaglich fühlt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wohlgefühl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dass die Heimlichkeit zudem gesetzwidrig ist, erhöht noch einmal das Wohlgefühl.“
„Ein immer wachsendes Wohlgefühl überkam ihn.“
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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