Galosche
[ɡaˈlɔʃə]
The verdict
“Galosche” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Überschuh, oftmals aus Gummi
Corpus desk
Index DE-galosche · Galosche · German
Galosche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Galosche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡaˈlɔʃə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Galosche“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Galosche is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡaˈlɔʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Galosche doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Galosche, spelled G-A-L-O-S-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Überschuh, oftmals aus Gummi
- 2(abgetragener) Schuh
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Galosche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als ich bemerkte, daß ich auch solche nicht besitze, erklärte er, Galoschen seien ungesund und verhinderten die Hautausdünstung.“
„Hast du keine Galoschen an bei dem Schnee, Kind?“
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.