Gegenaktion
[ˈɡeːɡn̩ʔakˌt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Gegenaktion” 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) - Aktion, die einer anderen entgegengesetzt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-gegenaktion · Gegenaktion · German
Gegenaktion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Gegenaktion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡeːɡn̩ʔakˌt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gegenaktion“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gegenaktion is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡeːɡn̩ʔakˌt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aktion, die einer anderen entgegengesetzt ist".
Gegenaktion has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Gegenaktion, spelled G-E-G-E-N-A-K-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Aktion, die einer anderen entgegengesetzt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gegenaktion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Diese ziemlich ungewöhnlichen Pläne haben uns zu einer Gegenaktion angeregt, die riskant und keineswegs üblich ist und weiter unten ausführlich dargelegt wird.“
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.