festgestellte

[ˈfɛstɡəˌʃtɛltə]

/[ˈfɛstɡəˌʃtɛltə]/ adj

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The verdict

“festgestellte” is uncommon German (frequency #57,851 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,851
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festgestellt

Corpus desk

Index DE-festgestellte · festgestellte · German

festgestellte · rank #57,851 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,851
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fernrohr

Nearest frequency peer: Fernrohr (-1 rank slots)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “festgestellte”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “festgestellte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for festgestellte
PropertyValue
Headwordfestgestellte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈfɛstɡəˌʃtɛltə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#57,851
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “festgestellte” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).festgestellteliegt hier:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „Fernrohr“ (#57,850), „fiebert“ (#57,852), „Fensterscheibe“ (#57,849). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

festgestellte is uncommon German at frequency #57,851 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfɛstɡəˌʃtɛltə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for festgestellte, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is festgestellte, spelled F-E-S-T-G-E-S-T-E-L-L-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festgestellt
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festgestellt
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festgestellt
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festgestellt
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festgestellt
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festgestellt
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festgestellt
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festgestellt
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festgestellt

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "festgestellte"?
"festgestellte" is spelled F-E-S-T-G-E-S-T-E-L-L-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛstɡəˌʃtɛltə].
What does "festgestellte" mean?
As an adjective, "festgestellte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festgestellt
How do you pronounce "festgestellte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "festgestellte" is [ˈfɛstɡəˌʃtɛltə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "festgestellte" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "festgestellte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list