gefahndet

[ɡəˈfaːndət]

/[ɡəˈfaːndət]/ verb

The verdict

“gefahndet” is uncommon German (frequency #63,345 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,345
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs fahnden

Corpus desk

Index DE-gefahndet · gefahndet · German

gefahndet · rank #63,345 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,345
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gefeilt

Nearest frequency peer: gefeilt (+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 „gefahndet“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gefahndet
PropertyValue
Headwordgefahndet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈfaːndət]
Letters9
Frequency rank#63,345
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gefahndet“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).gefahndetfällt 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: „gefeilt“ (#63,346), „gearteten“ (#63,343), „gemeinschaftliches“ (#63,347). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gefahndet“ bei #63,345. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gefahndet is uncommon German at frequency #63,345 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈfaːndət]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs fahnden".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gefahndet, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is gefahndet, spelled G-E-F-A-H-N-D-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs fahnden

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 "gefahndet"?
"gefahndet" is spelled G-E-F-A-H-N-D-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈfaːndət].
What does "gefahndet" mean?
As a verb, "gefahndet" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs fahnden
How do you pronounce "gefahndet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gefahndet" is [ɡəˈfaːndət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gefahndet" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list