Wortherkunft
[ˈvɔʁtheːɐ̯ˌkʊnft]
The verdict
“Wortherkunft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Ursprung und die Entwicklung eines bestimmten Wortes
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Index DE-wortherkunft · Wortherkunft · German
Wortherkunft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Wortherkunft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɔʁtheːɐ̯ˌkʊnft] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wortherkunft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wortherkunft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɔʁtheːɐ̯ˌkʊnft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Ursprung und die Entwicklung eines bestimmten Wortes".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Wortherkunft, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Wortherkunft, spelled W-O-R-T-H-E-R-K-U-N-F-T.
Definition
- 1der Ursprung und die Entwicklung eines bestimmten Wortes
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Wortherkunft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Griechische und römische Intellektuelle waren fasziniert von der Wortherkunft, die nach ihrer Überzeugung den Schlüssel nicht nur zum Ursprung eines Begriffs, sondern auch zu seiner Grundbedeutung bildete. Manchmal war ihre Analyse richtig, andere Male völlig falsch.“
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.