Wunschform
[ˈvʊnʃˌfɔʁm]
The verdict
“Wunschform” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutsche Bezeichnung für Optativ
Corpus desk
Index DE-wunschform · Wunschform · German
Wunschform · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Wunschform |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvʊnʃˌfɔʁm] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wunschform“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wunschform is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvʊnʃˌfɔʁm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Wunschform in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wunschform, spelled W-U-N-S-C-H-F-O-R-M.
Definition
- 1deutsche Bezeichnung für Optativ
- 2allgemein: angestrebter Zustand, erwünschte Verfassung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wunschform appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Satz wie "Wenn er doch nur käme" steht im Deutschen im Konjunktiv; im Altgriechischen wäre stattdessen die Wunschform zu verwenden.
Pünktlich zu den Wettbewerben hatte er seine Wunschform erreicht.
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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.