Wortlaut
German, noun[ˈvɔʁtˌlaʊ̯t]
Wortlaut is spelled W-O-R-T-L-A-U-T (8 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written German, the 12,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wortlaut is a German masculine noun meaning “wording” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wortwörtliche Form, in der etwas geäußert wurde”.
What does Wortlaut mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewording
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. wortwörtliche Form, in der etwas geäußert wurde
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Wortlaut
- Wortlautes genitive
- Wortlauts genitive
- Wortlaute dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wortlaut?
- [ˈvɔʁtˌlaʊ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wortlaut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wortlaut in German?
Wortlaut appears 4.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).