World Wide Web
[ˈvøːɐ̯lt ˈvaɪ̯t ˈvɛp]
The verdict
“World Wide Web” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weltweit über das Internet abrufbares Informationssystem
Corpus desk
Index DE-world-wide-web · World Wide Web · German
World Wide Web · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | World Wide Web |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈvøːɐ̯lt ˈvaɪ̯t ˈvɛp] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „World Wide Web“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
World Wide Web is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈvøːɐ̯lt ˈvaɪ̯t ˈvɛp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weltweit über das Internet abrufbares Informationssystem".
No misspelling variants are generated for World Wide Web in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
No documented word history exists 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 World Wide Web, spelled W-O-R-L-D- -W-I-D-E- -W-E-B.
Definition
- 1weltweit über das Internet abrufbares Informationssystem
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how World Wide Web appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Intransparenz und fehlende Sanktionen machten das World Wide Web zu einem Tummelplatz unseriöser Anbieter.“
„20 Jahre Erfahrung mit dem World Wide Web haben gezeigt, dass es nicht notwendig zur Verlotterung der Sitten führt.“
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.