Wunderwaffe
[ˈvʊndɐˌvafə]
The verdict
“Wunderwaffe” is uncommon German (frequency #83,538 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,538
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Waffe, die einer unterlegenen Partei in einer bewaffneten Auseinandersetzung zum sonst nicht möglichen Sieg verhelfen soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-wunderwaffe · Wunderwaffe · German
Wunderwaffe · rank #83,538 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,538
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wunderten
Nearest frequency peer: wunderten (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Wunderwaffe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wohnungsein…
Wohnungseinbruch
16,467 corpus weight
- Workaround
Workaround
16,466 corpus weight
- wunderten
wunderten
16,464 corpus weight
- Wunderwaffe
Wunderwaffe
16,463 corpus weight
- Wurzach
Wurzach
16,462 corpus weight
- wässriger
wässriger
16,460 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wunderwaffe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wunderwaffe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvʊndɐˌvafə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #83,538 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wunderwaffe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wunderwaffe is uncommon German at frequency #83,538 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvʊndɐˌvafə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Wunderwaffe, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Wunderwaffe, spelled W-U-N-D-E-R-W-A-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1Waffe, die einer unterlegenen Partei in einer bewaffneten Auseinandersetzung zum sonst nicht möglichen Sieg verhelfen soll
- 2besonders gut wirkendes Mittel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wunderwaffe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Messerschmitt Me 163 war eine der Wunderwaffen der Nazis im Zweiten Weltkrieg.
„Der vermeintlich nahende Einsatz von Wunderwaffen war in den letzten Kriegsjahren elementarer Teil der Propaganda.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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