Zerstörungswut
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtøːʁʊŋsˌvuːt]
The verdict
“Zerstörungswut” is uncommon German (frequency #84,835 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,835
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unbeherrschter innerer Drang, zu zerstören
Corpus desk
Index DE-zerstorungswut · Zerstörungswut · German
Zerstörungswut · rank #84,835 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,835
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zerstörter
Nearest frequency peer: zerstörter (-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 „Zerstörungswut“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zermalmt
zermalmt
15,169 corpus weight
- zerstöreris…
zerstörerisch
15,168 corpus weight
- zerstörter
zerstörter
15,167 corpus weight
- Zerstörungs…
Zerstörungswut
15,166 corpus weight
- zielgericht…
zielgerichteten
15,165 corpus weight
- Zielpublikum
Zielpublikum
15,164 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zerstörungswut“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zerstörungswut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtøːʁʊŋsˌvuːt] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #84,835 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zerstörungswut“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zerstörungswut is uncommon German at frequency #84,835 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtøːʁʊŋsˌvuːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unbeherrschter innerer Drang, zu zerstören".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Zerstörungswut in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Zerstörungswut, spelled Z-E-R-S-T-Ö-R-U-N-G-S-W-U-T.
Definition
- 1unbeherrschter innerer Drang, zu zerstören
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zerstörungswut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dazu kamen die Herzlosigkeit, Zerstörungswut und Mordlust der Sieger im Siegesrausch, im Blutrausch oder einfach im Rausch.“
„Ganze Regionen benötigten Jahrhunderte, um sich von der mongolischen Zerstörungswut wieder zu erholen.“
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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