gare

[ˈɡaːʁə]

/[ˈɡaːʁə]/ adj

The verdict

“gare” is uncommon German (frequency #54,542 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,542
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gar

Corpus desk

Index DE-gare · gare · German

gare · rank #54,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,542
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ganztagsschul…

Nearest frequency peer: Ganztagsschulen (-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 „gare“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gare
PropertyValue
Headwordgare
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡaːʁə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#54,542
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gare“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).garefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ganztagsschulen“ (#54,541), „garnier“ (#54,543), „Galiläa“ (#54,540). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gare“ bei #54,542. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gare is uncommon German at frequency #54,542 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡaːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

gare doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is gare, spelled G-A-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gar
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gar
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gar
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gar
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gar
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gar
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gar
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gar
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gar

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 "gare"?
"gare" is spelled G-A-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡaːʁə].
What does "gare" mean?
As an adjective, "gare" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gar
How do you pronounce "gare"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gare" is [ˈɡaːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gare" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list