wortgetreu
[ˈvɔʁtɡəˌtʁɔɪ̯]
The verdict
“wortgetreu” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit dem Wortlaut der wiedergegebenen Äußerung übereinstimmend
Corpus desk
Index DE-wortgetreu · wortgetreu · German
wortgetreu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | wortgetreu |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvɔʁtɡəˌtʁɔɪ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wortgetreu“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wortgetreu is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvɔʁtɡəˌtʁɔɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit dem Wortlaut der wiedergegebenen Äußerung übereinstimmend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wortgetreu, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is wortgetreu, spelled W-O-R-T-G-E-T-R-E-U.
Definition
- 1mit dem Wortlaut der wiedergegebenen Äußerung übereinstimmend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wortgetreu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vielleicht habe ich den Psalm nicht ganz wortgetreu im Gedächtnis behalten, obgleich ich ihn nachher noch oft gelesen habe…“
„Und hier fertigte nun Sigmund von Birken, der Nachfolger Harsdörffers im Vorstand des Pegnesischen Blumenordens, zu dem lateinischen Text von Comenius eine wortgetreue deutsche Übersetzung an.“
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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.