Gammastrahlung
[ˈɡamaˌʃtʁaːlʊŋ]
The verdict
“Gammastrahlung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - energiereiche elektromagnetische Strahlung
Corpus desk
Index DE-gammastrahlung · Gammastrahlung · German
Gammastrahlung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Gammastrahlung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡamaˌʃtʁaːlʊŋ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gammastrahlung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gammastrahlung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡamaˌʃtʁaːlʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "energiereiche elektromagnetische Strahlung".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gammastrahlung, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gammastrahlung, spelled G-A-M-M-A-S-T-R-A-H-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1energiereiche elektromagnetische Strahlung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gammastrahlung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Beim radioaktiven Zerfall entsteht neben Alpha- bzw. Betastrahlung oft auch Gammastrahlung.
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