Gardine

[ɡaʁˈdiːnə]

/[ɡaʁˈdiːnə]/ noun

The verdict

“Gardine” is uncommon German (frequency #72,447 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,447
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dünner Vorhang, den man vor Fenster hängt, um die Sicht nach innen zu verhindern und den Lichteinfall abzuschwächen

Corpus desk

Index DE-gardine · Gardine · German

Gardine · rank #72,447 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,447
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ganter

Nearest frequency peer: Ganter (-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 „Gardine“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gardine
PropertyValue
HeadwordGardine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡaʁˈdiːnə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,447
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gardine“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Gardinefällt 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: „Ganter“ (#72,446), „Geck“ (#72,448), „Fürsorgepflicht“ (#72,445). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gardine“ bei #72,447. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gardine is uncommon German at frequency #72,447 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡaʁˈdiːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dünner Vorhang, den man vor Fenster hängt, um die Sicht nach innen zu verhindern und den Lichteinfall abzuschwächen".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gardine, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Gardine, spelled G-A-R-D-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    dünner Vorhang, den man vor Fenster hängt, um die Sicht nach innen zu verhindern und den Lichteinfall abzuschwächen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Machst du bitte die Gardinen zu?
  2. „Es geht beim Betrachten dieses Buches gar nicht um die Frage, ob da lauter kleine Buñuels heranwuchsen; vielmehr um die hochbrisante, wie viele Rinnsale einen Popanz-Staat unterhöhlten. Der Wandlitz-Lächerlichkeit mit all den Attributen der diktatorischen Spießer, diesen Kunstledersofas, Hirschgeweihen und Pornofilmräumen, wird auf fast heitere Weise, sp…

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "Gardine"?
"Gardine" is spelled G-A-R-D-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡaʁˈdiːnə].
What does "Gardine" mean?
As a noun, "Gardine" means: dünner Vorhang, den man vor Fenster hängt, um die Sicht nach innen zu verhindern und den Lichteinfall abzuschwächen
How do you pronounce "Gardine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gardine" is [ɡaʁˈdiːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gardine" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list