gehest um
[ˌɡeːəst ˈʊm]
The verdict
“gehest um” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — 2. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs umgehen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gehest um |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌɡeːəst ˈʊm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gehest um” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for gehest um is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌɡeːəst ˈʊm]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs umgehen".
No misspelling variants are generated for gehest um in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is gehest um, spelled G-E-H-E-S-T- -U-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs umgehen
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.
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- The one correct German spelling is G-E-H-E-S-T- -U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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