zum Wohl

/[t͡sʊm ˈvoːl]/ phrase

Letters

8 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

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Confusables

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similar word pairs

zum Wohl is aGermanphrase. It means: ein meist nur ausgesprochener Wunsch des Wohlergehens aller, die in einer geselligen Trinkrunde das Glas erheben und anstoßen, das heißt, die Gläser klingen zu lassen Pronounced [t͡sʊm ˈvoːl].

Key facts for zum Wohl
PropertyValue
Headwordzum Wohl
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[t͡sʊm ˈvoːl]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

zum Wohl is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for zum Wohl is 8 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡sʊm ˈvoːl]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for zum Wohl 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 zum Wohl, spelled Z-U-M- -W-O-H-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein meist nur ausgesprochener Wunsch des Wohlergehens aller, die in einer geselligen Trinkrunde das Glas erheben und anstoßen, das heißt, die Gläser klingen zu lassen
  2. 2
    in Österreich und Teilen Deutschlands gebräuchlicher Ausruf für Gesundheit nach dem Niesen

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zum Wohl"?
"zum Wohl" is spelled Z-U-M- -W-O-H-L. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡sʊm ˈvoːl].
What does "zum Wohl" mean?
As a phrase, "zum Wohl" means: ein meist nur ausgesprochener Wunsch des Wohlergehens aller, die in einer geselligen Trinkrunde das Glas erheben und anstoßen, das heißt, die Gläser klingen zu lassen
How do you pronounce "zum Wohl"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zum Wohl" is [t͡sʊm ˈvoːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zum Wohl" 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.