Gedenkminute
[ɡəˈdɛŋkmiˌnuːtə]
The verdict
“Gedenkminute” is uncommon German (frequency #90,300 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,300
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kurzer Zeitraum, in dem an die Opfer und deren Hinterbliebenen eines schweren Unglücks oder eines schweren Verbrechens still gedacht und die letzte Ehre erwiesen werden soll
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gedenkminute |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈdɛŋkmiˌnuːtə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #90,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gedenkminute” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gedenkminute is uncommon German at frequency #90,300 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈdɛŋkmiˌnuːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kurzer Zeitraum, in dem an die Opfer und deren Hinterbliebenen eines schweren Unglücks oder eines schweren Verbrechens still gedacht und die letzte Ehre erwiesen werden soll".
Gedenkminute has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gedenkminute, spelled G-E-D-E-N-K-M-I-N-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1kurzer Zeitraum, in dem an die Opfer und deren Hinterbliebenen eines schweren Unglücks oder eines schweren Verbrechens still gedacht und die letzte Ehre erwiesen werden soll
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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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Using “Gedenkminute”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-D-E-N-K-M-I-N-U-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈdɛŋkmiˌnuːtə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.