wüten
\ˈvyːtn̩\
The verdict
“wüten” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S'emporter, agir avec colère et violence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wuten · wüten · French
wüten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | wüten |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈvyːtn̩\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « wüten » en français
Rare enough to double-check
wüten is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈvyːtn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for wüten in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is wüten, spelled W-Ü-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1S'emporter, agir avec colère et violence.
- 2Faire rage, se déchaîner, faire des ravages.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wüten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Donald Trump (...) holt gegen Floridas Gouverneur Ron DeSantis (44) aus. Trump verpasst ihm den Spitznamen Ron «DeScheinheilig». Er wütet weiter: «Ich habe auch seine Kampagne in Ordnung gebracht, die völlig auseinandergefallen war.»
Auf dieser Fläche hat voriges Jahr ein heftiger Waldbrand gewütet, aber dieses Jahr forsten wir sie wieder auf.
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.