Wortherkunft
[ˈvɔʁtheːɐ̯ˌkʊnft]
The verdict
“Wortherkunft” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Ursprung und die Entwicklung eines bestimmten Wortes
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wortherkunft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɔʁtheːɐ̯ˌkʊnft] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wortherkunft” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Wortherkunft is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvɔʁtheːɐ̯ˌkʊnft]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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.
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Using “Wortherkunft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-O-R-T-H-E-R-K-U-N-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvɔʁtheːɐ̯ˌkʊnft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.