gähnt
[ɡɛːnt]
The verdict
“gähnt” is uncommon German (frequency #69,313 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,313
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gähnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gahnt · gähnt · German
gähnt · rank #69,313 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,313
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gurgeln
Nearest frequency peer: gurgeln (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „gähnt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gurgeln
gurgeln
30,689 corpus weight
- gähnt
gähnt
30,688 corpus weight
- Görz
Görz
30,687 corpus weight
- Göttlichkeit
Göttlichkeit
30,686 corpus weight
- habilitierte
habilitierte
30,685 corpus weight
- Haftentlass…
Haftentlassung
30,684 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gähnt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gähnt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡɛːnt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,313 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gähnt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gähnt is uncommon German at frequency #69,313 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡɛːnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for gähnt in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is gähnt, spelled G-Ä-H-N-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gähnen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gähnen
- 32. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gähnen
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.
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