geek
[ɡiːk]
The verdict
“geek” is uncommon German (frequency #52,101 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,101
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abfällige Bezeichnung für jemanden mit schwachen sozialen Fähigkeiten (dumm, albern, unpassend, taktlos), vgl. nerd
Corpus desk
Index DE-geek · geek · German
geek · rank #52,101 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,101
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gedrucktes
Nearest frequency peer: gedrucktes (-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 „geek“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- garen
garen
47,903 corpus weight
- Gastronom
Gastronom
47,902 corpus weight
- gedrucktes
gedrucktes
47,901 corpus weight
- geek
geek
47,900 corpus weight
- Gefühlswelt
Gefühlswelt
47,899 corpus weight
- geheiligt
geheiligt
47,898 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „geek“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | geek |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡiːk] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #52,101 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „geek“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
geek is uncommon German at frequency #52,101 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡiːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
geek has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is geek, spelled G-E-E-K.
Definition
- 1abfällige Bezeichnung für jemanden mit schwachen sozialen Fähigkeiten (dumm, albern, unpassend, taktlos), vgl. nerd
- 2jemand, der sich viel mit Computern beschäftigt und/oder viel Ahnung davon hat, vgl. nerd
- 3ein Artist im Karneval, dessen Darstellung bizarre Inhalte hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how geek appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was simply a geek.
The difference between nerds and geeks is „geeks get it done“.
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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