gastlich
[ˈɡastlɪç]
The verdict
“gastlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - freundlich und aufmerksam aufnehmend
Corpus desk
Index DE-gastlich · gastlich · German
gastlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | gastlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡastlɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gastlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gastlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡastlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "freundlich und aufmerksam aufnehmend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gastlich, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 gastlich, spelled G-A-S-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1freundlich und aufmerksam aufnehmend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gastlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Neben den zwei »Kleinen«, die so gar klein nicht mehr waren, gab es im gastlichen »Kinderhaus« fast immer den einen oder den anderen von uns Älteren, “
„Er sah nach dem Strande hinauf, wo aus dem fast nächtlichen Zwielicht verschiedene Gestalten auftauchten, die er nicht zu unterscheiden vermochte. Aber gleichviel, sie standen auf dem festen Lande und würden die armen Verschlagenen gastlich aufnehmen.“
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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.