gängig

[ˈɡɛŋɪç]

/[ˈɡɛŋɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“gängig” is uncommon German (frequency #54,595 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,595
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr gebräuchlich, weit verbreitet, gang und gäbe

Corpus desk

Index DE-gangig · gängig · German

gängig · rank #54,595 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,595
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gutmachen

Nearest frequency peer: gutmachen (-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 „gängig“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gängig
PropertyValue
Headwordgängig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡɛŋɪç]
Letters6
Frequency rank#54,595
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gängig“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).gängigfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gutmachen“ (#54,594), „hail“ (#54,596), „Grundfesten“ (#54,591). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gängig“ bei #54,595. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gängig is uncommon German at frequency #54,595 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡɛŋɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gängig, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gängig, spelled G-Ä-N-G-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    sehr gebräuchlich, weit verbreitet, gang und gäbe
  2. 2
    gut verkäuflich
  3. 3
    einer Bewegung zugänglich brauchbar

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Gleichwohl ist „Zielfahndung“ seit zwei Jahren ein gängiger Begriff in deutschen Polizeiämtern geworden: […].
  2. Die Überwachung von Mitarbeitern ist nach Einschätzung des Bundesdatenschutzbeauftragten Peter Schaar gängige Praxis in deutschen Unternehmen.

This word in other languages

common(English)corriente(Español)courant(Français)corrente(Português)

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 "gängig"?
"gängig" is spelled G-Ä-N-G-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡɛŋɪç].
What does "gängig" mean?
As an adjective, "gängig" means: sehr gebräuchlich, weit verbreitet, gang und gäbe
How do you pronounce "gängig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gängig" is [ˈɡɛŋɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gängig" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hauben#54,599Glases#54,577Kombis#54,667Lasche#54,692

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list