Gastfreiheit
[ˈɡastˌfʁaɪ̯haɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Gastfreiheit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bereitschaft, Gäste aufzunehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gastfreiheit · Gastfreiheit · German
Gastfreiheit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gastfreiheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡastˌfʁaɪ̯haɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gastfreiheit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gastfreiheit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡastˌfʁaɪ̯haɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bereitschaft, Gäste aufzunehmen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Gastfreiheit in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gastfreiheit, spelled G-A-S-T-F-R-E-I-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Bereitschaft, Gäste aufzunehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gastfreiheit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Diese Gastfreiheit habe ich gewiß der Alten dort in der Ecke zu verdanken, und auf meine ausdrücklichen Mienen und Zeichen wird auch ihr etwas von dem Fleisch angeboten.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.