gebe

/[ˈɡeːbə]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,078

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gebe is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs geben Pronounced [ˈɡeːbə]. It ranks #1,078 in German word frequency. Often confused with geh and GiB.

Key facts for gebe
PropertyValue
Headwordgebe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈɡeːbə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,078
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gebe in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for gebe is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡeːbə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,078 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for gebe, with forms such as "egbe", "gbee", and "gebbe". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "geh", "GiB", "Gen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is gebe, spelled G-E-B-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs geben
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs geben
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs geben

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egbe,gbee,gebbe,geeb,ggebe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gebe

Misspelling Variants of "gebe"

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Misspelling Variants of "gebe"

Frequency rank: #1,078 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gebe"?
"gebe" is spelled G-E-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡeːbə].
What does "gebe" mean?
As a verb, "gebe" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs geben
What words are commonly confused with "gebe"?
"gebe" is commonly confused with "geh", "GiB", "Gen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gebe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gebe" is [ˈɡeːbə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gebe" come from?
"gebe" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.