wohlmeinend
[ˈvoːlˌmaɪ̯nənt]
The verdict
“wohlmeinend” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - es mit einer anderen Person gut meinend, in guter Absicht
Corpus desk
Index DE-wohlmeinend · wohlmeinend · German
wohlmeinend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | wohlmeinend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvoːlˌmaɪ̯nənt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wohlmeinend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wohlmeinend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvoːlˌmaɪ̯nənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "es mit einer anderen Person gut meinend, in guter Absicht".
No misspelling variants are generated for wohlmeinend in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 wohlmeinend, spelled W-O-H-L-M-E-I-N-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1es mit einer anderen Person gut meinend, in guter Absicht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wohlmeinend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ohne den Schutz einiger ihrer wohlmeinenden Nachbarn könnte sie hier nicht bleiben.“
[Über David Bowie:] „Häufig wurde ihm vorgeworfen, er plagiiere. Wohlmeinende Kritiker halten ihm jedoch zugute, dass er die verschiedenen Einflüsse zu einem eigenen Ganzen zusammenfüge und zudem noch dazu beitrage, weniger bekannte, subkulturelle Kunst- und Kulturformen einem breiteren Publikum bekanntzumachen.“
This word in other languages
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.