Wüstensand
[ˈvyːstn̩ˌzant]
The verdict
“Wüstensand” is uncommon German (frequency #88,549 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,549
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sand, der sich in einer Wüste befindet; aus dem die Oberfläche einer Sandwüste besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-wustensand · Wüstensand · German
Wüstensand · rank #88,549 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,549
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH würdevolle
Nearest frequency peer: würdevolle (-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 „Wüstensand“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wurzelbehan…
Wurzelbehandlung
11,456 corpus weight
- Wählerverze…
Wählerverzeichnis
11,455 corpus weight
- würdevolle
würdevolle
11,453 corpus weight
- Wüstensand
Wüstensand
11,452 corpus weight
- Yunnan
Yunnan
11,449 corpus weight
- Zahnstein
Zahnstein
11,448 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wüstensand“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wüstensand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvyːstn̩ˌzant] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wüstensand“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wüstensand is uncommon German at frequency #88,549 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvyːstn̩ˌzant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sand, der sich in einer Wüste befindet; aus dem die Oberfläche einer Sandwüste besteht".
No misspelling variants are generated for Wüstensand in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Wüstensand, spelled W-Ü-S-T-E-N-S-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Sand, der sich in einer Wüste befindet; aus dem die Oberfläche einer Sandwüste besteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wüstensand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die warme Luft aus Nordafrika hat Deutschland in den vergangenen Tagen nicht nur einen Vorgeschmack auf den Sommer beschert, sondern auch große Mengen an Wüstensand in unsere Gefilde geschaufelt.“
„Da Wüstensand nicht für Beton taugt, gerät der Meeresboden ins Visier.“
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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