Wortbestand
[ˈvɔʁtbəˌʃtant]
The verdict
“Wortbestand” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Gesamtzahl der unterschiedlichen Wörter (einer Sprache, eines Textes,…)
Corpus desk
Index DE-wortbestand · Wortbestand · German
Wortbestand · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Wortbestand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɔʁtbəˌʃtant] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wortbestand“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wortbestand is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɔʁtbəˌʃtant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesamtzahl der unterschiedlichen Wörter (einer Sprache, eines Textes,…)".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Wortbestand, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wortbestand, spelled W-O-R-T-B-E-S-T-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Gesamtzahl der unterschiedlichen Wörter (einer Sprache, eines Textes,…)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wortbestand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aber alle Kultursprachen der Welt leben von einer gewaltigen Anreicherung ihres Wortbestandes über die Jahrhunderte, ja, es ist dies vielleicht überhaupt das Definitionsmerkmal einer Kultursprache.“
„Der Grundwortschatz umfaßt nur einen verhältnismäßig kleinen Teil des gesamten Wortbestandes.“
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.