Garaus

[ˈɡaːɐ̯ʔaʊ̯s]

/[ˈɡaːɐ̯ʔaʊ̯s]/ noun

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The verdict

“Garaus” is uncommon German (frequency #52,868 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,868
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem den Garaus machen – ermorden, töten, umbringen

Corpus desk

Index DE-garaus · Garaus · German

Garaus · rank #52,868 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,868
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gartenzaun

Nearest frequency peer: Gartenzaun (+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 „Garaus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Garaus
PropertyValue
HeadwordGaraus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡaːɐ̯ʔaʊ̯s]
Letters6
Frequency rank#52,868
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Garaus“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Garausfällt 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: „Gartenzaun“ (#52,869), „fünfundzwanzig“ (#52,866), „Gebrauchsanweisung“ (#52,871). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Garaus“ bei #52,868. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Garaus is uncommon German at frequency #52,868 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡaːɐ̯ʔaʊ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Garaus in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Garaus, spelled G-A-R-A-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemandem den Garaus machen – ermorden, töten, umbringen
  2. 2
    krautartige Pflanze mit Rand, gezähnten Blättern und weißen Blüten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Wer macht wem den Garaus? Ihm wurde der Garaus gemacht.
  2. „Nach dem mühsam erkämpften Sieg machten die Römer dann dem mittelitalischen Föderalismus den Garaus.“

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 "Garaus"?
"Garaus" is spelled G-A-R-A-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡaːɐ̯ʔaʊ̯s].
What does "Garaus" mean?
As a noun, "Garaus" means: jemandem den Garaus machen – ermorden, töten, umbringen
How do you pronounce "Garaus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Garaus" is [ˈɡaːɐ̯ʔaʊ̯s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Garaus" come from?
"Garaus" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Gehöft#52,875flehte#52,847Flamen#52,846feurig#52,839

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list