Gehaltskürzung

[ɡəˈhalt͡sˌkʏʁt͡sʊŋ]

/[ɡəˈhalt͡sˌkʏʁt͡sʊŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Gehaltskürzung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Herabsetzung des Betrags, der als Gehalt ausgezahlt wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-gehaltskurzung · Gehaltskürzung · German

Gehaltskürzung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Gehaltskürzung
PropertyValue
HeadwordGehaltskürzung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈhalt͡sˌkʏʁt͡sʊŋ]
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gehaltskürzung“ im Deutschen

Gehaltskürzungschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gehaltskürzung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈhalt͡sˌkʏʁt͡sʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Herabsetzung des Betrags, der als Gehalt ausgezahlt wird".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Gehaltskürzung in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Gehaltskürzung, spelled G-E-H-A-L-T-S-K-Ü-R-Z-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Herabsetzung des Betrags, der als Gehalt ausgezahlt wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Klassisches Beispiel dafür wäre eine Versetzung die mit einer Gehaltskürzung verbunden ist.“

Antonyms

GehaltserhöhungGehaltssteigerung

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gehaltskürzung"?
"Gehaltskürzung" is spelled G-E-H-A-L-T-S-K-Ü-R-Z-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈhalt͡sˌkʏʁt͡sʊŋ].
What does "Gehaltskürzung" mean?
As a noun, "Gehaltskürzung" means: Herabsetzung des Betrags, der als Gehalt ausgezahlt wird
How do you pronounce "Gehaltskürzung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gehaltskürzung" is [ɡəˈhalt͡sˌkʏʁt͡sʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gehaltskürzung" come from?
"Gehaltskürzung" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list