galant

[ɡaˈlant]

/[ɡaˈlant]/ adj

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The verdict

“galant” is uncommon German (frequency #59,664 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,664
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einer Dame gegenüber entgegenkommend, liebenswürdig, rücksichtsvoll

Corpus desk

Index DE-galant · galant · German

galant · rank #59,664 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,664
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gartenschlauch

Nearest frequency peer: Gartenschlauch (+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 „galant“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „galant“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for galant
PropertyValue
Headwordgalant
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡaˈlant]
Letters6
Frequency rank#59,664
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „galant“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).galantfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gartenschlauch“ (#59,665), „förmliche“ (#59,662), „gave“ (#59,666). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „galant“ bei #59,664. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

galant is uncommon German at frequency #59,664 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡaˈlant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

galant doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is galant, spelled G-A-L-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    einer Dame gegenüber entgegenkommend, liebenswürdig, rücksichtsvoll
  2. 2
    ein erotisches Verhältnis betreffend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how galant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er erwies sich immer als ausgesprochen galant.
  2. Er genoss sein galantes Abenteuer.

Antonyms

ungalant

This word in other languages

galant(Français)

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 "galant"?
"galant" is spelled G-A-L-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡaˈlant].
What does "galant" mean?
As an adjective, "galant" means: einer Dame gegenüber entgegenkommend, liebenswürdig, rücksichtsvoll
How do you pronounce "galant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "galant" is [ɡaˈlant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "galant" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

frivol#59,659fragil#59,654geller#59,683faselt#59,628

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list