Wortgut
[ˈvɔʁtˌɡuːt]
The verdict
“Wortgut” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit der unterschiedlichen Wörter einer Sprache
Corpus desk
Index DE-wortgut · Wortgut · German
Wortgut · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Wortgut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɔʁtˌɡuːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wortgut“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wortgut is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɔʁtˌɡuːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesamtheit der unterschiedlichen Wörter einer Sprache".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Wortgut, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Wortgut, spelled W-O-R-T-G-U-T.
Definition
- 1Gesamtheit der unterschiedlichen Wörter einer Sprache
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wortgut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Übernahme lateinischen Wortgutes wird durch das Mittelalter fortgesetzt.“
„Bei der Übernahme einheimischen Wortgutes in die Kirchensprache standen sich oft Wörter aus dem nördlichen und südlichen Sprachraum als Konkurrenten gegenüber.“
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.