worry
[ˈwʌri]
The verdict
“worry” is uncommon German (frequency #69,910 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,910
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - quälen, plagen, peinigen, heruntermachen
Corpus desk
Index DE-worry · worry · German
worry · rank #69,910 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,910
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH worm
Nearest frequency peer: worm (-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 „worry“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wohnstätte
Wohnstätte
30,094 corpus weight
- Wolkenstein
Wolkenstein
30,093 corpus weight
- worm
worm
30,092 corpus weight
- worry
worry
30,091 corpus weight
- wählbaren
wählbaren
30,090 corpus weight
- Wölkchen
Wölkchen
30,089 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „worry“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | worry |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈwʌri] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,910 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „worry“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
worry is uncommon German at frequency #69,910 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈwʌri]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for worry in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is worry, spelled W-O-R-R-Y.
Definition
- 1quälen, plagen, peinigen, heruntermachen
- 2überarbeiten, abquälen
- 3sich Sorgen machen, besorgt sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how worry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"She tried to worry that something terrible had happened to him, but didn't believe it for a moment."
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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