gebrauche

[ɡəˈbʁaʊ̯xə]

/[ɡəˈbʁaʊ̯xə]/ verb

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The verdict

“gebrauche” is uncommon German (frequency #73,520 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,520
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gebrauchen

Corpus desk

Index DE-gebrauche · gebrauche · German

gebrauche · rank #73,520 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,520
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gastwirte

Nearest frequency peer: Gastwirte (-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 „gebrauche“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gebrauche
PropertyValue
Headwordgebrauche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈbʁaʊ̯xə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,520
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gebrauche“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gastwirte“ (#73,519), „Gedankenexperiment“ (#73,521), „geflochtenen“ (#73,522). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gebrauche“ bei #73,520. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gebrauche is uncommon German at frequency #73,520 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈbʁaʊ̯xə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for gebrauche in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is gebrauche, spelled G-E-B-R-A-U-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gebrauchen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gebrauchen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gebrauchen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gebrauchen

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 "gebrauche"?
"gebrauche" is spelled G-E-B-R-A-U-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈbʁaʊ̯xə].
What does "gebrauche" mean?
As a verb, "gebrauche" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gebrauchen
How do you pronounce "gebrauche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gebrauche" is [ɡəˈbʁaʊ̯xə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gebrauche" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gastwirte#73,519Galapagos#73,514geltender#73,532Frühphase#73,506

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list