gefrieren
[ɡəˈfʁiːʁən]
The verdict
“gefrieren” is uncommon German (frequency #55,348 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,348
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Kälteeinwirkung fest und hart werden, zu Eis erstarren
Corpus desk
Index DE-gefrieren · gefrieren · German
gefrieren · rank #55,348 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,348
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gefragten
Nearest frequency peer: gefragten (-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 „gefrieren“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- geeignetsten
geeignetsten
44,655 corpus weight
- gefragten
gefragten
44,654 corpus weight
- gefrieren
gefrieren
44,653 corpus weight
- gefüllter
gefüllter
44,652 corpus weight
- Geisenheim
Geisenheim
44,651 corpus weight
- gelauscht
gelauscht
44,650 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gefrieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gefrieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈfʁiːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,348 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gefrieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gefrieren is uncommon German at frequency #55,348 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈfʁiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
gefrieren has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 gefrieren, spelled G-E-F-R-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch Kälteeinwirkung fest und hart werden, zu Eis erstarren
- 2Lebensmittel durch Kühlmittel einfrieren oder tiefgefrieren, um sie haltbar zu machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gefrieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meerwasser gefriert erst deutlich unter null Grad.
Die Bezeichnung gefroren wird dann verwendet, wenn ein Produkt nur bei minus zwölf Grad Celsius eingefroren wurde.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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