Gegengift
[ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌɡɪft]
The verdict
“Gegengift” is an uncommon German word, ranked #72,452 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #72,452
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mittel, das gegen unerwünschte Wirkungen einer Vergiftung eingesetzt werden kann
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gegengift |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌɡɪft] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #72,452 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gegengift” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Gegengift is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌɡɪft]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,452 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mittel, das gegen unerwünschte Wirkungen einer Vergiftung eingesetzt werden kann".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Gegengift, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Gegengift, spelled G-E-G-E-N-G-I-F-T.
Definition
- 1Mittel, das gegen unerwünschte Wirkungen einer Vergiftung eingesetzt werden kann
Synonyms
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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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Using “Gegengift”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-G-E-N-G-I-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌɡɪft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.