Geburtsstätte

[ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌʃtɛtə]

/[ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌʃtɛtə]/ noun

The verdict

“Geburtsstätte” is uncommon German (frequency #92,946 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,946
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ort der Geburt einer Person

Corpus desk

Index DE-geburtsstatte · Geburtsstätte · German

Geburtsstätte · rank #92,946 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,946
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gebirgigen

Nearest frequency peer: gebirgigen (-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 „Geburtsstätte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Geburtsstätte
PropertyValue
HeadwordGeburtsstätte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌʃtɛtə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#92,946
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Geburtsstätte“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Geburtsstättefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gebirgigen“ (#92,945), „gechartert“ (#92,947), „gebackener“ (#92,944). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Geburtsstätte“ bei #92,946. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Geburtsstätte is uncommon German at frequency #92,946 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌʃtɛtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Geburtsstätte has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Geburtsstätte, spelled G-E-B-U-R-T-S-S-T-Ä-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ort der Geburt einer Person
  2. 2
    übertragen: Ort, an dem etwas entstanden ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Geburtsstätte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Als mein Zug durch die Nacht nach Heidelberg, Eberts Geburtsstätte, fuhr, sah ich auf allen Stationen Hunderte versammelt, die den toten Präsidenten noch einmal grüßen wollten.“
  2. „Am besten lässt er sich an Symbolen festmachen, wie an «Ramjanmabhumi» in Ayodhya, wo ein Tempel die Geburtsstätte des legendären Königs Rama markiert haben soll.“

Synonyms

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 "Geburtsstätte"?
"Geburtsstätte" is spelled G-E-B-U-R-T-S-S-T-Ä-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌʃtɛtə].
What does "Geburtsstätte" mean?
As a noun, "Geburtsstätte" means: Ort der Geburt einer Person
How do you pronounce "Geburtsstätte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Geburtsstätte" is [ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌʃtɛtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Geburtsstätte" come from?
"Geburtsstätte" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list