Gefallsucht
[ɡəˈfalˌzʊxt]
The verdict
“Gefallsucht” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - übertrieben starkes inneres Bedürfnis, zu gefallen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gefallsucht · Gefallsucht · German
Gefallsucht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gefallsucht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈfalˌzʊxt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gefallsucht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gefallsucht is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈfalˌzʊxt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "übertrieben starkes inneres Bedürfnis, zu gefallen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Gefallsucht in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gefallsucht, spelled G-E-F-A-L-L-S-U-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1übertrieben starkes inneres Bedürfnis, zu gefallen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gefallsucht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie will mir gefallen und ist doch ohne rechte Gefallsucht.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.