wohlriechend
[ˈvoːlʁiːçn̩t]
The verdict
“wohlriechend” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von angenehmem Geruch, angenehm riechend
Corpus desk
Index DE-wohlriechend · wohlriechend · German
wohlriechend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | wohlriechend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvoːlʁiːçn̩t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wohlriechend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wohlriechend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvoːlʁiːçn̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von angenehmem Geruch, angenehm riechend".
No misspelling variants are generated for wohlriechend in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is wohlriechend, spelled W-O-H-L-R-I-E-C-H-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1von angenehmem Geruch, angenehm riechend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wohlriechend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie hatte sich mit wohlriechenden Essenzen eingerieben.
„Parfümerien ist der Sammelname für alle diejenigen wohlriechenden Riechstoffmischungen, die zur unmittelbaren Benutzung des Verbrauchers bestimmt und vorwiegend in verkaufsfertigen Packungen aufgemacht sind.“
Antonyms
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.