Gaunerei
[ɡaʊ̯nəˈʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Gaunerei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - eine von einem Gauner begangene Tat
Corpus desk
Index DE-gaunerei · Gaunerei · German
Gaunerei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Gaunerei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡaʊ̯nəˈʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gaunerei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gaunerei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡaʊ̯nəˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine von einem Gauner begangene Tat".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gaunerei, 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Gaunerei, spelled G-A-U-N-E-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1eine von einem Gauner begangene Tat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gaunerei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist schon eine Gaunerei mit den Öl- und Gas-Preisen.
„Außer in solchen Gaunereien, auf die er sich viel zugute tat, besaß er eine umfassende Erfahrung in Dingen, wie sie die Stubenmädchen treiben oder wie sie in schlecht beleuchteten Hinterzimmern von kleinen Stundenhotels vor sich gehen.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.