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 September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die unentgeltlich oder gegen Entgelt beherbergt, bewirtet oder befördert wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-gastin · Gästin · German
Gästin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Gästin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛstɪn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gästin“ im Deutschen
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gästin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zwar rutscht er dabei, und das buchstäblich, über die hohe Gästin, zerstört dabei ihre Würde, rettet ihr Leben und wird auch noch mißverstanden, was er, Polizistenlos, locker wegsteckt.“
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.