Gaukler
[ˈɡaʊ̯klɐ]
The verdict
“Gaukler” is uncommon German (frequency #50,491 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,491
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die vor Publikum Kunststücke vorführt
Corpus desk
Index DE-gaukler · Gaukler · German
Gaukler · rank #50,491 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,491
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gastwirtschaft
Nearest frequency peer: Gastwirtschaft (-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 „Gaukler“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gardelegen
Gardelegen
49,512 corpus weight
- Gastwirtsch…
Gastwirtschaft
49,511 corpus weight
- Gaukler
Gaukler
49,510 corpus weight
- Gebietsrefo…
Gebietsreform
49,509 corpus weight
- gedankenlos
gedankenlos
49,507 corpus weight
- geflochten
geflochten
49,506 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gaukler“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gaukler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡaʊ̯klɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gaukler“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gaukler is uncommon German at frequency #50,491 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡaʊ̯klɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Gaukler in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Gaukler, spelled G-A-U-K-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die vor Publikum Kunststücke vorführt
- 2Person, die durch Tricks versucht, jemanden zu täuschen
- 3eine in Mittel- und Südafrika beheimatete Greifvogelart
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gaukler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dichter trugen Poeme vor, Gaukler zeigten ihre Geschicklichkeit, Händler boten Waren an, Bier wurde ausgeschenkt.“
„Damit rücken sie in ein anderes, soziales Blickfeld: die Gruppe der Vaganten, Gaukler und betrügerischen Bettler und Diebe.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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