willkürlich
\ˈvɪlˌkyːɐ̯lɪç\
The verdict
“willkürlich” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbitraire : imposé de manière autoritaire, illégitime, capricieuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-willkurlich · willkürlich · French
willkürlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | willkürlich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈvɪlˌkyːɐ̯lɪç\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
willkürlich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈvɪlˌkyːɐ̯lɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for willkürlich in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is willkürlich, spelled W-I-L-L-K-Ü-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Arbitraire : imposé de manière autoritaire, illégitime, capricieuse.
- 2Arbitraire : par définition ou convention librement choisie.
- 3Délibéré, volontaire, contrôlé.
- 4Arbitraire : qui ne découle pas d’une logique apparente.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how willkürlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man werde "Energieinfrastrukturen in Deutschland nicht willkürlichen Entscheidungen des Kremls aussetzen", sagte Bundeswirtschaftsminister Robert Habeck (Grüne).
Das Vorwärtsstreulicht hat eine willkürliche Einheit, wobei die Kontrolle auf ca. 500 eingestellt wurde. Zellschwellung äußerte sich durch Erhöhung, Zellschrumpfung durch Erniedrigung der geometrischen Mittelwerte.
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.