Gefangenenlager

[ɡəˈfaŋənənˌlaːɡɐ]

/[ɡəˈfaŋənənˌlaːɡɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gefangenenlager” is uncommon German (frequency #52,872 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,872
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Lager, in dem Gefangene festgehalten werden

Corpus desk

Index DE-gefangenenlager · Gefangenenlager · German

Gefangenenlager · rank #52,872 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,872
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gebrauchsanwe…

Nearest frequency peer: Gebrauchsanweisung (-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 „Gefangenenlager“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gefangenenlager
PropertyValue
HeadwordGefangenenlager
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈfaŋənənˌlaːɡɐ]
Letters15
Frequency rank#52,872
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gefangenenlager“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Gefangenenlagerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gebrauchsanweisung“ (#52,871), „geheimnisvolles“ (#52,873), „Geheimpolizei“ (#52,874). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gefangenenlager“ bei #52,872. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gefangenenlager is uncommon German at frequency #52,872 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈfaŋənənˌlaːɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Lager, in dem Gefangene festgehalten werden".

Gefangenenlager has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Gefangenenlager, spelled G-E-F-A-N-G-E-N-E-N-L-A-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Lager, in dem Gefangene festgehalten werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gefangenenlager appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Kurz nach Kriegsende hatten sie sich das letzte mal in einem Gefangenenlager der Russen getroffen.
  2. „Sie sollten ins dritte Gefangenenlager gebracht werden, in die Nähe der Hauptstadt.“

This word in other languages

detention center(English)

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 "Gefangenenlager"?
"Gefangenenlager" is spelled G-E-F-A-N-G-E-N-E-N-L-A-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈfaŋənənˌlaːɡɐ].
What does "Gefangenenlager" mean?
As a noun, "Gefangenenlager" means: ein Lager, in dem Gefangene festgehalten werden
How do you pronounce "Gefangenenlager"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gefangenenlager" is [ɡəˈfaŋənənˌlaːɡɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gefangenenlager" come from?
"Gefangenenlager" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

geheimnisvolles#52,873Fortentwicklung#52,852Finanzministers#52,841Erwachsenwerden#52,825

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list