Wüterei
[vyːtəˈʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Wüterei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - extrem wütendes, oft ungerichtetes Verhalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-wuterei · Wüterei · German
Wüterei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Wüterei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [vyːtəˈʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wüterei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wüterei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [vyːtəˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "extrem wütendes, oft ungerichtetes Verhalten".
Wüterei doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Wüterei, spelled W-Ü-T-E-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1extrem wütendes, oft ungerichtetes Verhalten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Wüterei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Druck, den McLarney entfaltete, grenzte an Wüterei.“
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.