Würgfalke
[ˈvʏʁkˌfalkə]
The verdict
“Würgfalke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vom östlichen Mitteleuropa bis China verbreiteter, großer Falke, der besonders kleine Säugetiere und Vögel jagt
Corpus desk
Index DE-wurgfalke · Würgfalke · German
Würgfalke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Würgfalke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvʏʁkˌfalkə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Würgfalke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Würgfalke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvʏʁkˌfalkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vom östlichen Mitteleuropa bis China verbreiteter, großer Falke, der besonders kleine Säugetiere und Vögel jagt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Würgfalke in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Würgfalke, spelled W-Ü-R-G-F-A-L-K-E.
Definition
- 1vom östlichen Mitteleuropa bis China verbreiteter, großer Falke, der besonders kleine Säugetiere und Vögel jagt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Würgfalke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In seinem Badezimmer traten brütende Raubvögel mit Kapuzen wie Henker missmutig von einem Bein aufs andere. Ein Würgfalke. Ein Lannerfalke.“
Synonyms
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.