Gegenoffensive
[ˈɡeːɡn̩ʔɔfɛnˌziːvə]
The verdict
“Gegenoffensive” is uncommon German (frequency #91,640 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,640
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vornahme verschiedener, deutlicher Maßnahmen als Reaktion auf eine zuvor erfolgte Bedrohung oder auf einen zuvor getätigten Angriff
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gegenoffensive |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡeːɡn̩ʔɔfɛnˌziːvə] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #91,640 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gegenoffensive” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gegenoffensive is uncommon German at frequency #91,640 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡeːɡn̩ʔɔfɛnˌziːvə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vornahme verschiedener, deutlicher Maßnahmen als Reaktion auf eine zuvor erfolgte Bedrohung oder auf einen zuvor getätigten Angriff".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gegenoffensive, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Gegenoffensive, spelled G-E-G-E-N-O-F-F-E-N-S-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Vornahme verschiedener, deutlicher Maßnahmen als Reaktion auf eine zuvor erfolgte Bedrohung oder auf einen zuvor getätigten Angriff
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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 “Gegenoffensive”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-G-E-N-O-F-F-E-N-S-I-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.