gammeln

[ˈɡaml̩n]

/[ˈɡaml̩n]/ verb

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The verdict

“gammeln” is uncommon German (frequency #70,290 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,290
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verderben, vergehen, faulen

Corpus desk

Index DE-gammeln · gammeln · German

gammeln · rank #70,290 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,290
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Galeere

Nearest frequency peer: Galeere (-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 „gammeln“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gammeln
PropertyValue
Headwordgammeln
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈɡaml̩n]
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,290
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gammeln“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Galeere“ (#70,289), „Gasleitung“ (#70,291), „geerdet“ (#70,292). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gammeln“ bei #70,290. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gammeln is uncommon German at frequency #70,290 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡaml̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for gammeln in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 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 gammeln, spelled G-A-M-M-E-L-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    verderben, vergehen, faulen
  2. 2
    entspannen, nichts tun

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Muss das sein, dass das Obst in der Küche gammelt?
  2. Die Jugendlichen haben nichts besseres zu tun als den ganzen Tag zu gammeln.

Synonyms

schimmelnfaulenverderbenabhängenchillenentspannenfaulenzen

This word in other languages

passer(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 "gammeln"?
"gammeln" is spelled G-A-M-M-E-L-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡaml̩n].
What does "gammeln" mean?
As a verb, "gammeln" means: verderben, vergehen, faulen
How do you pronounce "gammeln"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gammeln" is [ˈɡaml̩n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gammeln" come from?
"gammeln" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Galeere#70,289geerdet#70,292fälscht#70,285genormt#70,306

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list