Gefräßigkeit
[ɡəˈfʁɛːsɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Gefräßigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Drang/Handlung, Nahrung in (zu) großen Mengen zu sich zu nehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gefra-igkeit · Gefräßigkeit · German
Gefräßigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Gefräßigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈfʁɛːsɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gefräßigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gefräßigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈfʁɛːsɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Drang/Handlung, Nahrung in (zu) großen Mengen zu sich zu nehmen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gefräßigkeit, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gefräßigkeit, spelled G-E-F-R-Ä-S-S-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Drang/Handlung, Nahrung in (zu) großen Mengen zu sich zu nehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gefräßigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der sinnenfreudige, denkende Mensch verachtet die Gefräßigkeit, die Hurerei und die brutale Rache in einer ersten Zornesaufwallung.“
„Ich weiß nicht, weshalb Begräbnisse appetitanregend sind, aber zwei innerhalb von so kurzer Zeit, das von Carlota und das von Luis, haben bei Pepa eine beleidigende Gefräßigkeit ausgelöst.“
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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.