Gehabe

[ɡəˈhaːbə]

/[ɡəˈhaːbə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gehabe” is uncommon German (frequency #50,499 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,499
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meist negativ: (affektiertes) Verhalten

Corpus desk

Index DE-gehabe · Gehabe · German

Gehabe · rank #50,499 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,499
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gegensätzlich…

Nearest frequency peer: gegensätzlichen (-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 „Gehabe“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gehabe
PropertyValue
HeadwordGehabe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈhaːbə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,499
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gehabe“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Gehabefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gegensätzlichen“ (#50,498), „gegensteuern“ (#50,497), „gehörlose“ (#50,501). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gehabe“ bei #50,499. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gehabe is uncommon German at frequency #50,499 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈhaːbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meist negativ: (affektiertes) Verhalten".

Gehabe has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 Gehabe, spelled G-E-H-A-B-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    meist negativ: (affektiertes) Verhalten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dein blödes Gehabe geht mir langsam auf die Nerven.
  2. „An seiner Kleidung, und offenbar auch an seinem Gehabe ist zu sehen, dass er ein Wessi ist.“

Synonyms

BenehmenVerhalten

This word in other languages

affectation(English)conducta(Español)conduite(Français)afeição(Português)

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 "Gehabe"?
"Gehabe" is spelled G-E-H-A-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈhaːbə].
What does "Gehabe" mean?
As a noun, "Gehabe" means: meist negativ: (affektiertes) Verhalten
How do you pronounce "Gehabe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gehabe" is [ɡəˈhaːbə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list