Gästin
[ˈɡɛstɪn]
The verdict
“Gästin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weibliche Person, die unentgeltlich oder gegen Entgelt beherbergt, bewirtet oder befördert wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gästin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛstɪn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gästin” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gästin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɛstɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die unentgeltlich oder gegen Entgelt beherbergt, bewirtet oder befördert wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gästin, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Gästin, spelled G-Ä-S-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die unentgeltlich oder gegen Entgelt beherbergt, bewirtet oder befördert wird
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.
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Using “Gästin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-Ä-S-T-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.