Gegnerschaft

[ˈɡeːɡnɐʃaft]

/[ˈɡeːɡnɐʃaft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gegnerschaft” is uncommon German (frequency #56,144 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,144
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - innere Haltung, gegen etwas zu sein

Corpus desk

Index DE-gegnerschaft · Gegnerschaft · German

Gegnerschaft · rank #56,144 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,144
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gegenreformat…

Nearest frequency peer: Gegenreformation (-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 „Gegnerschaft“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gegnerschaft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gegnerschaft
PropertyValue
HeadwordGegnerschaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡeːɡnɐʃaft]
Letters12
Frequency rank#56,144
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gegnerschaft“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Gegnerschaftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gegenreformation“ (#56,143), „Geheimtipps“ (#56,145), „gefühlvolle“ (#56,142). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gegnerschaft“ bei #56,144. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gegnerschaft is uncommon German at frequency #56,144 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡeːɡnɐʃaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Gegnerschaft doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gegnerschaft, spelled G-E-G-N-E-R-S-C-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    innere Haltung, gegen etwas zu sein
  2. 2
    Gesamtheit der Gegner

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gegnerschaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der Grund für seine Haltung war unbedingte Gegnerschaft zum verhassten Zarismus, in dem die SPD reinen Despotismus sah.“
  2. „In beinahe offener Gegnerschaft hatte man sich getrennt.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gegnerschaft"?
"Gegnerschaft" is spelled G-E-G-N-E-R-S-C-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡeːɡnɐʃaft].
What does "Gegnerschaft" mean?
As a noun, "Gegnerschaft" means: innere Haltung, gegen etwas zu sein
How do you pronounce "Gegnerschaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gegnerschaft" is [ˈɡeːɡnɐʃaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gegnerschaft" come from?
"Gegnerschaft" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gegnerschaft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gefälligkeit#56,141Geiselnehmer#56,149geschwollene#56,162Glasflaschen#56,175

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list