gedankenverloren
[ɡəˈdaŋkn̩fɛɐ̯ˌloːʁən]
The verdict
“gedankenverloren” is uncommon German (frequency #91,634 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,634
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in Gedanken versunken, mit seinen Gedanken nicht bei der Sache
Corpus desk
Index DE-gedankenverloren · gedankenverloren · German
gedankenverloren · rank #91,634 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,634
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gebeichtet
Nearest frequency peer: gebeichtet (-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 „gedankenverloren“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ganzjährige
ganzjährige
8,370 corpus weight
- Gassenhauer
Gassenhauer
8,369 corpus weight
- gebeichtet
gebeichtet
8,368 corpus weight
- gedankenver…
gedankenverloren
8,367 corpus weight
- gedealt
gedealt
8,366 corpus weight
- Gedeih
Gedeih
8,365 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gedankenverloren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gedankenverloren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈdaŋkn̩fɛɐ̯ˌloːʁən] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #91,634 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gedankenverloren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gedankenverloren is uncommon German at frequency #91,634 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈdaŋkn̩fɛɐ̯ˌloːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in Gedanken versunken, mit seinen Gedanken nicht bei der Sache".
gedankenverloren has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gedankenverloren, spelled G-E-D-A-N-K-E-N-V-E-R-L-O-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1in Gedanken versunken, mit seinen Gedanken nicht bei der Sache
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gedankenverloren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Herbst des Altweibersommers steht der Gartler mitunter gedankenverloren in seinen Beeten, lässt den Blick streifen und sucht nach Gedanken.“
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).