geäst

[ɡəˈʔɛːst]

/[ɡəˈʔɛːst]/ verb

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The verdict

“geäst” is uncommon German (frequency #72,479 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,479
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs äsen

Corpus desk

Index DE-geast · geäst · German

geäst · rank #72,479 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,479
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH geworfenen

Nearest frequency peer: geworfenen (-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 „geäst“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „geäst“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for geäst
PropertyValue
Headwordgeäst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈʔɛːst]
Letters5
Frequency rank#72,479
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „geäst“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).geästfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „geworfenen“ (#72,478), „geölt“ (#72,480), „Gewichtsreduktion“ (#72,476). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „geäst“ bei #72,479. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geäst is uncommon German at frequency #72,479 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈʔɛːst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs äsen".

No misspelling variants are generated for geäst in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is geäst, spelled G-E-Ä-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs äsen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "geäst"?
"geäst" is spelled G-E-Ä-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʔɛːst].
What does "geäst" mean?
As a verb, "geäst" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs äsen
How do you pronounce "geäst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geäst" is [ɡəˈʔɛːst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geäst" come from?
"geäst" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "geäst", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

geölt#72,480grado#72,489hatch#72,511Forth#72,427

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list