Wunschtraum

/[ˈvʊnʃˌtʁaʊ̯m]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#63,030

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Wunschtraum is aGermannoun. It means: hoffnungsvolle, meist unrealistische Vorstellung von etwas Aktuellem oder Zukünftigem Pronounced [ˈvʊnʃˌtʁaʊ̯m].

Key facts for Wunschtraum
PropertyValue
HeadwordWunschtraum
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvʊnʃˌtʁaʊ̯m]
Letters11
Frequency rank#63,030
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Wunschtraum in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Wunschtraum is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvʊnʃˌtʁaʊ̯m]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,030 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "hoffnungsvolle, meist unrealistische Vorstellung von etwas Aktuellem oder Zukünftigem".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Wunschtraum in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Wunschtraum, spelled W-U-N-S-C-H-T-R-A-U-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    hoffnungsvolle, meist unrealistische Vorstellung von etwas Aktuellem oder Zukünftigem

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #63,030 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wunschtraum"?
"Wunschtraum" is spelled W-U-N-S-C-H-T-R-A-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvʊnʃˌtʁaʊ̯m].
What does "Wunschtraum" mean?
As a noun, "Wunschtraum" means: hoffnungsvolle, meist unrealistische Vorstellung von etwas Aktuellem oder Zukünftigem
How do you pronounce "Wunschtraum"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wunschtraum" is [ˈvʊnʃˌtʁaʊ̯m]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wunschtraum" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.