Gänsen

[ˈɡɛnzn̩]

/[ˈɡɛnzn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gänsen” is uncommon German (frequency #70,347 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,347
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gans

Corpus desk

Index DE-gansen · Gänsen · German

Gänsen · rank #70,347 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,347
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gutgläubig

Nearest frequency peer: gutgläubig (-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 „Gänsen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gänsen
PropertyValue
HeadwordGänsen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡɛnzn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,347
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gänsen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gutgläubig“ (#70,346), „Gummiband“ (#70,345), „Hagens“ (#70,349). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gänsen“ bei #70,347. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gänsen is uncommon German at frequency #70,347 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɛnzn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gans".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Gänsen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Gänsen, spelled G-Ä-N-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gans

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 "Gänsen"?
"Gänsen" is spelled G-Ä-N-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡɛnzn̩].
What does "Gänsen" mean?
As a noun, "Gänsen" means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gans
How do you pronounce "Gänsen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gänsen" is [ˈɡɛnzn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gänsen" come from?
"Gänsen" 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 "Gänsen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Hagens#70,349Halses#70,353grobem#70,337Harden#70,362

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list