Wirkung
\ˈvɪʁkʊŋ\
The verdict
“Wirkung” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Effet : entrée en vigueur, exécution, validité
Corpus desk
Index FR-wirkung · Wirkung · French
Wirkung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Wirkung |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈvɪʁkʊŋ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Wirkung is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈvɪʁkʊŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Wirkung in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French 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 French form is Wirkung, spelled W-I-R-K-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Effet : entrée en vigueur, exécution, validité
- 2Effet, impact : ce qui est produit, conséquence.
- 3Effet, efficacité d’un médicament, d’une substance.
- 4Action.
- 5Action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wirkung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Aufsichtsrat hat einstimmig beschlossen, das Vorstandsmitglied Detlef Meier mit sofortiger Wirkung abzuberufen.
Das Alkoholausschankverbot in Badis hat keine Wirkung, weil es leicht umgangen werden kann, und stösst auf wenig Verständnis bei den Badegästen. Für viele gehört ein Bier oder ein Glas Wein nach dem Schwumm im See oder Bad zu einem Sommerabend dazu.
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.