gather
[ˈɡæðə]
The verdict
“gather” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - allgemein [Blumenpflücken,Informationen, Gedanken, Steuern/Gebühren-Geldeintreiben sammeln, zusammensuchen (erlangen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-gather · gather · German
gather · 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 | gather |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡæðə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gather“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gather is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡæðə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gather, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is gather, spelled G-A-T-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1allgemein [Blumenpflücken,Informationen, Gedanken, Steuern/Gebühren-Geldeintreiben sammeln, zusammensuchen (erlangen)
- 2erhöhen
- 3kräuseln, raffen (viele kleine Falten)
- 4gathern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gather appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bees were gathering pollen from the wild flowers.
The train pulled away slowly, then gathered speed.
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.