gastfreundlich

[ˈɡastˌfʁɔɪ̯ntlɪç]

/[ˈɡastˌfʁɔɪ̯ntlɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“gastfreundlich” is uncommon German (frequency #55,342 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,342
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - freundlich und aufmerksam zu Gästen

Corpus desk

Index DE-gastfreundlich · gastfreundlich · German

gastfreundlich · rank #55,342 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,342
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gartenmöbel

Nearest frequency peer: Gartenmöbel (-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 „gastfreundlich“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gastfreundlich
PropertyValue
Headwordgastfreundlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡastˌfʁɔɪ̯ntlɪç]
Letters14
Frequency rank#55,342
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gastfreundlich“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.gastfreundlichfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gartenmöbel“ (#55,341), „Gatter“ (#55,343), „Gays“ (#55,344). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gastfreundlich“ bei #55,342. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gastfreundlich is uncommon German at frequency #55,342 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡastˌfʁɔɪ̯ntlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "freundlich und aufmerksam zu Gästen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gastfreundlich, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 gastfreundlich, spelled G-A-S-T-F-R-E-U-N-D-L-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    freundlich und aufmerksam zu Gästen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dieses Urlaubsland kann man nur empfehlen, die Menschen dort sind sehr gastfreundlich.

Synonyms

gastfreigastlichgeselligoffenwirtlich

Antonyms

fremdenfeindlichunfreundlich

This word in other languages

hospitable(English)hospitalario(Español)hospitalier(Français)hospitaleiro(Português)

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 "gastfreundlich"?
"gastfreundlich" is spelled G-A-S-T-F-R-E-U-N-D-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡastˌfʁɔɪ̯ntlɪç].
What does "gastfreundlich" mean?
As an adjective, "gastfreundlich" means: freundlich und aufmerksam zu Gästen
How do you pronounce "gastfreundlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gastfreundlich" is [ˈɡastˌfʁɔɪ̯ntlɪç]. 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 "gastfreundlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list