Gedankenspiele

[ɡəˈdaŋkn̩ˌʃpiːlə]

/[ɡəˈdaŋkn̩ˌʃpiːlə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gedankenspiele” is uncommon German (frequency #81,573 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,573
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Gedankenspiel

Corpus desk

Index DE-gedankenspiele · Gedankenspiele · German

Gedankenspiele · rank #81,573 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,573
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gefängniszelle

Nearest frequency peer: Gefängniszelle (+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 „Gedankenspiele“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gedankenspiele
PropertyValue
HeadwordGedankenspiele
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈdaŋkn̩ˌʃpiːlə]
Letters14
Frequency rank#81,573
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gedankenspiele“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Gedankenspielefällt 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: „Gefängniszelle“ (#81,574), „Gaswerk“ (#81,571), „Gegebenheit“ (#81,575). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gedankenspiele“ bei #81,573. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gedankenspiele is uncommon German at frequency #81,573 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈdaŋkn̩ˌʃpiːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Gedankenspiele, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 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 Gedankenspiele, spelled G-E-D-A-N-K-E-N-S-P-I-E-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Gedankenspiel
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gedankenspiel
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Gedankenspiel
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Gedankenspiel

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 "Gedankenspiele"?
"Gedankenspiele" is spelled G-E-D-A-N-K-E-N-S-P-I-E-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈdaŋkn̩ˌʃpiːlə].
What does "Gedankenspiele" mean?
As a noun, "Gedankenspiele" means: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Gedankenspiel
How do you pronounce "Gedankenspiele"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gedankenspiele" is [ɡəˈdaŋkn̩ˌʃpiːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gedankenspiele" come from?
"Gedankenspiele" 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 "Gedankenspiele", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gefängniszelle#81,574Falschaussagen#81,527gottverdammter#81,619Grundschulzeit#81,631

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list