Gegenlicht
[ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌlɪçt]
The verdict
“Gegenlicht” is uncommon German (frequency #81,576 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,576
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Licht, dessen Quelle von vorne auf jemand/etwas strahlt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gegenlicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌlɪçt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #81,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gegenlicht” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gegenlicht is uncommon German at frequency #81,576 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌlɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Licht, dessen Quelle von vorne auf jemand/etwas strahlt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Gegenlicht in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gegenlicht, spelled G-E-G-E-N-L-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Licht, dessen Quelle von vorne auf jemand/etwas strahlt
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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Using “Gegenlicht”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-G-E-N-L-I-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.