Galeere
[ɡaˈleːʁə]
The verdict
“Galeere” is uncommon German (frequency #70,289 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,289
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein bis ins 18. Jahrhundert im Mittelmeerraum verwendetes Kriegsschiff mit Takelage, das von Sträflingen, Sklaven oder Kriegsgefangenen hauptsächlich gerudert wurde
Corpus desk
Index DE-galeere · Galeere · German
Galeere · rank #70,289 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,289
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gammeln
Nearest frequency peer: gammeln (+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 „Galeere“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Führungswec…
Führungswechsel
29,715 corpus weight
- fünfstellig…
fünfstelligen
29,714 corpus weight
- Galeere
Galeere
29,712 corpus weight
- gammeln
gammeln
29,711 corpus weight
- Gasleitung
Gasleitung
29,710 corpus weight
- geerdet
geerdet
29,709 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Galeere“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Galeere |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡaˈleːʁə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Galeere“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Galeere is uncommon German at frequency #70,289 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡaˈleːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein bis ins 18. Jahrhundert im Mittelmeerraum verwendetes Kriegsschiff mit Takelage, das von Sträflingen, Sklaven oder Kriegsgefangenen hauptsächlich gerudert wurde".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Galeere, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Galeere, spelled G-A-L-E-E-R-E.
Definition
- 1ein bis ins 18. Jahrhundert im Mittelmeerraum verwendetes Kriegsschiff mit Takelage, das von Sträflingen, Sklaven oder Kriegsgefangenen hauptsächlich gerudert wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Galeere appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sklavenarbeit auf den Galeeren war anstrengend.
»Sie sind verurteilt zu den Galeeren a vita e dieci anni dopo la morte!« – Auf lebenslang und zehn Jahre nach dem Tode.
This word in other languages
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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