Canossagang
[kaˈnɔsaˌɡaŋ]
The verdict
“Canossagang” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gang zu jemandem, den man demütig um Verzeihung bitten muss für etwas, was man gegen dessen Willen/gegen dessen Interessen gesagt oder getan hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-canossagang · Canossagang · German
Canossagang · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | Canossagang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈnɔsaˌɡaŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Canossagang“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Canossagang is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈnɔsaˌɡaŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gang zu jemandem, den man demütig um Verzeihung bitten muss für etwas, was man gegen dessen Willen/gegen dessen Interessen gesagt oder getan hat".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Canossagang, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Canossagang, spelled C-A-N-O-S-S-A-G-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1Gang zu jemandem, den man demütig um Verzeihung bitten muss für etwas, was man gegen dessen Willen/gegen dessen Interessen gesagt oder getan hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Canossagang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wer einen Canossagang von George W. Bush vor den Vereinten Nationen erwartet hatte, sah sich getäuscht.“
„Der Regierende Bürgermeister Klaus Wowereit (SPD) trat, nachdem er bekundet hatte, er würde seine Kinder nicht auf eine Kreuzberger Schule schicken, einen Canossagang in die Morgenstern-Schule an und brachte „zwei neue Lehrer mit“, so Lammers.“
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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.