Galionsfigur
[ɡaˈli̯oːnsfiˌɡuːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Galionsfigur” is uncommon German (frequency #77,996 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,996
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meist weibliche Figur aus Holz am Bug (= an der Spitze) eines größeren Segelschiffes, befestigt unter dem Klüverbaum, am Bugspriet oder am Vordersteven
Corpus desk
Index DE-galionsfigur · Galionsfigur · German
Galionsfigur · rank #77,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,996
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Galeristen
Nearest frequency peer: Galeristen (-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 „Galionsfigur“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Führerschei…
Führerscheinentzug
22,008 corpus weight
- füllst
füllst
22,007 corpus weight
- Galeristen
Galeristen
22,006 corpus weight
- Galionsfigur
Galionsfigur
22,005 corpus weight
- gam
gam
22,004 corpus weight
- gams
gams
22,003 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Galionsfigur“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Galionsfigur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡaˈli̯oːnsfiˌɡuːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #77,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Galionsfigur“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Galionsfigur is uncommon German at frequency #77,996 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡaˈli̯oːnsfiˌɡuːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Galionsfigur in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Galionsfigur, spelled G-A-L-I-O-N-S-F-I-G-U-R.
Definition
- 1meist weibliche Figur aus Holz am Bug (= an der Spitze) eines größeren Segelschiffes, befestigt unter dem Klüverbaum, am Bugspriet oder am Vordersteven
- 2beliebte / zugkräftige Person, die innerhalb einer Organisation (beispielsweise einer politischen Partei) in den Vordergrund gestellt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Galionsfigur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Aberglauben von Seeleuten soll die Galionsfigur den Kurs des Schiffes beobachten und es vor Unglück bewahren.“
„Viele Segelschiffe tragen am Bug eine so genannte Galionsfigur: Holzskulpturen, die zum Beispiel eine Frau, ein Tier oder ein Fabelwesen darstellen.“
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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