Gässchen

[ˈɡɛsçən]

/[ˈɡɛsçən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gässchen” is uncommon German (frequency #87,790 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,790
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleine, enge Gasse

Corpus desk

Index DE-gasschen · Gässchen · German

Gässchen · rank #87,790 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,790
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gutbürgerlich…

Nearest frequency peer: gutbürgerlichen (-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 „Gässchen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gässchen
PropertyValue
HeadwordGässchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡɛsçən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#87,790
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gässchen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Gässchenfällt 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: „gutbürgerlichen“ (#87,789), „gütliche“ (#87,791), „Guadalajara“ (#87,788). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gässchen“ bei #87,790. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gässchen is uncommon German at frequency #87,790 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɛsçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleine, enge Gasse".

No misspelling variants are generated for Gässchen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 Gässchen, spelled G-Ä-S-S-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleine, enge Gasse

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sie bummelten stundenlang durch die schmalen Gässchen der historischen Altstadt.
  2. „In den verwinkelten Gässchen werden keine Emotionssalven verfeuert, lauern keine Heckenschützen.“

Synonyms

Gässlein

This word in other languages

ruelle(Français)

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 "Gässchen"?
"Gässchen" is spelled G-Ä-S-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡɛsçən].
What does "Gässchen" mean?
As a noun, "Gässchen" means: kleine, enge Gasse
How do you pronounce "Gässchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gässchen" is [ˈɡɛsçən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gütliche#87,791Hausdach#87,806Gewölbes#87,763Gestirne#87,756

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list