Gefährdung

/[ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯dʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,724

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Gefährdung is aGermannoun. It means: gefährlicher Umstand, der sich negativ auf etwas/jemanden auswirken kann Pronounced [ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯dʊŋ]. It ranks #9,724 in German word frequency. Often confused with Gewährung and Gefährdungen.

Key facts for Gefährdung
PropertyValue
HeadwordGefährdung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯dʊŋ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#9,724
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Gefährdung in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gefährdung is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯dʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,724 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "gefährlicher Umstand, der sich negativ auf etwas/jemanden auswirken kann".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gefährdung, with forms such as "egfährdung", "geffährdung", and "gefhärdung". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Gewährung", "Gefährdungen", "gefährden", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Gefährdung, spelled G-E-F-Ä-H-R-D-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    gefährlicher Umstand, der sich negativ auf etwas/jemanden auswirken kann

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egfährdung,geffährdung,gefhärdung,gefähdrung,gefähhrdung,gefährddung,gefährdnug,gefährdugn,gefährdungg,gefährdunng,gefährrdung,gefährudng,gefärhdung,geäfhrdung,gfeährdung,ggefährdung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Gefährdung

Misspelling Variants of "Gefährdung"

egfährdung10geffährdung11gefhärdung10gefähdrung10gefähhrdung11gefährddung11gefährdnug10gefährdugn10
Misspelling Variants of "Gefährdung"

Frequency rank: #9,724 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gefährdung"?
"Gefährdung" is spelled G-E-F-Ä-H-R-D-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯dʊŋ].
What does "Gefährdung" mean?
As a noun, "Gefährdung" means: gefährlicher Umstand, der sich negativ auf etwas/jemanden auswirken kann
What words are commonly confused with "Gefährdung"?
"Gefährdung" is commonly confused with "Gewährung", "Gefährdungen", "gefährden". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gefährdung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gefährdung" is [ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯dʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gefährdung" come from?
"Gefährdung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.