Gaumenfreude
[ˈɡaʊ̯mənˌfʁɔɪ̯də]
The verdict
“Gaumenfreude” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wohlschmeckende Speise oder wohlschmeckendes Getränk
Corpus desk
Index DE-gaumenfreude · Gaumenfreude · German
Gaumenfreude · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Gaumenfreude |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡaʊ̯mənˌfʁɔɪ̯də] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gaumenfreude“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gaumenfreude is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡaʊ̯mənˌfʁɔɪ̯də]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wohlschmeckende Speise oder wohlschmeckendes Getränk".
Gaumenfreude doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gaumenfreude, spelled G-A-U-M-E-N-F-R-E-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1wohlschmeckende Speise oder wohlschmeckendes Getränk
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gaumenfreude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das edle Gemüse [Spargel] mit seinem aparten, leicht bitteren Aroma ist aber nicht nur eine Gaumenfreude, sondern fördert auch die Gesundheit.“
Synonyms
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.