gängeln
[ˈɡɛŋl̩n]
The verdict
“gängeln” is uncommon German (frequency #90,372 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,372
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem ständig Vorschriften machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gangeln · gängeln · German
gängeln · rank #90,372 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,372
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gutmenschentum
Nearest frequency peer: Gutmenschentum (-3 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 „gängeln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- guidance
guidance
9,635 corpus weight
- Gundel
Gundel
9,634 corpus weight
- Gutmenschen…
Gutmenschentum
9,632 corpus weight
- gängeln
gängeln
9,629 corpus weight
- haariger
haariger
9,626 corpus weight
- Haflinger
Haflinger
9,623 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gängeln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gängeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛŋl̩n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,372 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gängeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gängeln is uncommon German at frequency #90,372 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡɛŋl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for gängeln in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gängeln, spelled G-Ä-N-G-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem ständig Vorschriften machen
- 2jemanden das Gehen lehren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gängeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie wollten ihn nicht gängeln, sondern überzeugen.
Immer häufiger gibt es bei den Pressekonferenzen im Weißen Haus in Washington die Anweisung an Journalisten, ihre Kameras auszuschalten. … Selbst Reporter beim konservativen Sender Fox News sind zunehmend genervt, von der Regierung Trump gegängelt zu werden.
Synonyms
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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